"Charlie Wilson" wrote in message
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"Fred Lebow" wrote in message
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I was on the Gallatin River and I saw something that I have never seen
before.
Crushed old vehicles used for river bank stabilization.
I guess if it works - great-??

There was an ad in the FF magazines about ten years ago, it featured a
guy standing in the river with that old cars in the background. I'm can't
remember who's ad it was, but I'm thinking maybe it was Simms.

Yeah, and if I recall correctly, the river was the Bitterroot, (I may be
wrong)... when I first hit the Bitterroot, Car rip rap was very common in
the lower river, there was a '49 Packard submerged in a hole below
Stevensville, that was home to a 26"+ brown that all the guides tried for.

It would come out to feed, and so would be caught occasionally, but a few
quick turns around the door post and he'd be off....

Of course, I may be romanticizing that a bit....

Skwala