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Post by AgMD on Aug 31, 2011 18:31:36 GMT -5
Looks like the center of Irene ran right up the Berkshires. How well did you all weather the storm?
As for myself, no problems. No flood damage-- I'm at 1,460 feet elevation, and I did not even loose power. I expected I would but the wind was not as bad as it might have been.
The Hoosic, Wallomsac, and the Battenkill all had record worthy floods with lots of property damage. It will be interesting to see how much the rivers have changed. There are a few sections on these rivers where I know every rock and riffle. I wonder if everything I know is now wrong.
I have often thought it would be nice to have a house or at least a primitive cabin on the banks of one of the local rivers. It would be so nice to just step out the back door and fish for a few minutes. Now I know why I live half way up the mountain.
Hope that you all weathered the storm and are well,
AgMD
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Post by DRYFLYPHIL on Sept 3, 2011 7:39:20 GMT -5
I\we made out OK!
Yesterday when I got out of work, I decided to try and stop by a stream in the E-Windsor/Peru Mass area that I recently scouted out for a future fly fishing opportunity. Well the dirt road that is used to eventually get to the stream is washed out and really isn't there anymore.
The force of the water must have been just something else!! The amount of sand, gravel and material for the road was washed away 6ft deep for a 100 yards or more, and you can tell that giant boulders and rocks where moved to where they were not originally.
I ended up walking in from my car which was fine, and the original river channel looked wider and more open, but still in good shape. The original water level looked back to normal.
So, I guess we survived.
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Post by hsweren on Sept 5, 2011 12:23:55 GMT -5
We were fine in the Berkshires. My question is how did the fish make out?
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Post by AgMD on Sept 5, 2011 18:45:12 GMT -5
I checked out the Hoosic in N Pownal Sun. afternoon. At 210 CFS it is still too high to fish and the water was an opaque creamy green. All the major rocks seem to be in the right places. The island in the middle has been reshaped a bit and the impenetrable jungle on it has been stripped away. The banks took a beating in some places but the river is pretty much the way it was.
If it ever drops low enough to fish, I will be interested to see if the resident trout population is still there.
AgMD
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Post by DRYFLYPHIL on Sept 5, 2011 20:20:58 GMT -5
I checked out the Hoosic in N Pownal Sun. afternoon. At 210 CFS it is still too high to fish and the water was an opaque creamy green. All the major rocks seem to be in the right places. The island in the middle has been reshaped a bit and the impenetrable jungle on it has been stripped away. The banks took a beating in some places but the river is pretty much the way it was. If it ever drops low enough to fish, I will be interested to see if the resident trout population is still there. AgMD Yesterday I took my youngest son up to that small stream in Peru mass that I mentioned in my previous thread. I myself was curious about the trout survival as well. My son used his regular fishing rod with some garden hackle, and caught fifteen 6"-8" native resident brookies. Though I cheated by having him use worms, he satisfied my curiosity, and I'll probably hit that stream next weekend with my 2wt fly rod. |
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Post by DRYFLYPHIL on Sept 7, 2011 5:23:38 GMT -5
More RAIN today? UGG!!!  |
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