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Re: Sammamish River!

Post by Gringo Pescador » Wed Aug 15, 2012 9:16 am

Bodofish wrote:The Slough is closed to all motorized traffic upstream of the where the Burk Gillman crosses (the bridge) just before the big interchange. Personally I wouldn't go much past the boat launch with a motor, the rafts of Algae can clog your cooling system bad.
Ah, thanks for pointing that out Bodo - it didn't register when I read it. That is up just past the trailer park right?
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Re: Sammamish River!

Post by oneshot » Wed Aug 15, 2012 9:17 am

yeah i think i will try it with the troller one of these evenings after work.. just for the adventure of slough exploring :)

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Re: Sammamish River!

Post by Bodofish » Wed Aug 15, 2012 9:35 am

Gringo Pescador wrote:
Bodofish wrote:The Slough is closed to all motorized traffic upstream of the where the Burk Gillman crosses (the bridge) just before the big interchange. Personally I wouldn't go much past the boat launch with a motor, the rafts of Algae can clog your cooling system bad.
Ah, thanks for pointing that out Bodo - it didn't register when I read it. That is up just past the trailer park right?
Yep.
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Re: Sammamish River!

Post by Bodofish » Wed Aug 15, 2012 9:36 am

oneshot wrote:yeah i think i will try it with the troller one of these evenings after work.. just for the adventure of slough exploring :)
Don't forget the bug juice. They get real bad in the evening.
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Re: Sammamish River!

Post by tsath24 » Wed Aug 15, 2012 10:50 am

Bodofish wrote:
oneshot wrote:yeah i think i will try it with the troller one of these evenings after work.. just for the adventure of slough exploring :)
Don't forget the bug juice. They get real bad in the evening.
That's where the dry flies come handy... ;) except there's no cutthroat to be found in this heat.... :sunny:

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