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An old timer on the Columbia River told me 'the river never forgets a cut' after I botched a pass.
That simple phrase from a grizzled deckhand in Astoria, Oregon, after I over-dredged a section last spring, completely changed how I plan my swing patterns to work with the current, not against it... anyone else pick up a piece of wisdom that just clicked like that?
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theagarcia1mo agoMost Upvoted
Ever try to force a bend? I used to fight the flow until a skipper said you're just steering the push it already has.
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young.emma1mo ago
That river never forgets a cut line is so true. Read something similar in an old book about steamboat pilots on the Mississippi. They talked about reading the river's memory in the boils and swirls, how past cuts change the push you feel today. Makes you realize you're not just working the water in front of you, but all the water that came before it. Hard to unsee that once it clicks, right?
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