By: Dave V (offline) Thursday, June 09 2011 @ 09:37 PM EDT (Read 613 times)
Well my fly fishing Friends it looks like another day off from work will go by with me not wetting a single fly. The recent rains have pushed water levels pretty much over the banks of the local streams. The dams have the tubes almost wide open causing high water levels and the muddying of the water as well. Last night we had a nice light show in the sky and some good old thunder. Don't think there was much in the rain category but the roads were wet when I woke up. Today the sky opened up with some sporadic heavy rain as well the hard stuff I dread this time of year known as hail. Tonight the winds have picked up enough to cause your fly to go everywhere except where you want it to go.
I can't believe that a couple years ago the State of South Dakota was in an extreme drought . The Missouri River where most of the State gets its drinking water was so low that the pumps that feed the water to the State were almost above the water. Today the Governor of South Dakota is asking for help to pile sand bags to prevent a flood . Ironic that this is the anniversary of the flood that took the lives of over 200 people here in Rapid City when the dam broke caused by heavy rains . It sent a water wall of over 20 feet down the canyon to the unexpected folks down stream
Well I guess maybe I could get out and take some photo's of the going on here in the mid west and post them for all my friend on Lee's site to see, I hope that all of you can get out and enjoy tight lines . Maybe one of these days I will as well Dave V
Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. The river was
cut by the world's great flood and runs over rocks from the basement of time.
On some of the rocks are timeless raindrops. Under the rocks are the words,
and some of the words are theirs.
Well my fly fishing Friends it looks like another day off from work will go by with me not wetting a single fly.
The recent rains have pushed water levels pretty much over the banks of the local streams. The dams have the tubes almost wide open causing high water levels and the muddying of the water as well. Last night we had a nice light show in the sky and some good old thunder. Don't think there was much in the rain category but the roads were wet when I woke up. Today the sky opened up with some sporadic heavy rain as well the hard stuff I dread this time of year known as hail. Tonight the winds have picked up enough to cause your fly to go everywhere except where you want it to go.
I can't believe that a couple years ago the State of South Dakota was in an extreme drought . The Missouri River where most of the State gets its drinking water was so low that the pumps that feed the water to the State were almost above the water. Today the Governor of South Dakota is asking for help to pile sand bags to prevent a flood . Ironic that this is the anniversary of the flood that took the lives of over 200 people here in Rapid City when the dam broke caused by heavy rains . It sent a water wall of over 20 feet down the canyon to the unexpected folks down stream
Well I guess maybe I could get out and take some photo's of the going on here in the mid west and post them for all my friend on Lee's site to see, I hope that all of you can get out and enjoy tight lines . Maybe one of these days I will as well Dave V
Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. The river was
cut by the world's great flood and runs over rocks from the basement of time.
On some of the rocks are timeless raindrops. Under the rocks are the words,
and some of the words are theirs.