ThePADDLER 18
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Photos 1 and 2 : I had spotted this one from some distance upstream , but it wasn ’ t until we got alongside it we could see the rock . Not a one to hit or to broadside in trying to miss it at the last moment . ( Big Salmon , Yukon )
Photo 3 : Looking downstream , the big rocks are obvious , and it is easy for these to capture our attention . But upstream of them is a patch of slow water shown by the blue arrow . If there is a patch of slow water or micro eddy in mid current , there must be an obstruction upstream , and something is slowing the water down .
Photo 4 : The rock is upstream of the slow water , easily seen in photo 5 .
Photo 6 : The first thing to capture the attention is the small wave , is a rock causing it ? Looking beyond , there is a slow patch of water that confirms the obstruction .
Photo 7 : The eddy / slow patch often creates an upstream pointing V with the point indicating where the rock is .
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Photo 8 : From above , it becomes even more evident with the rock visible at the point .
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