"Ernie" wrote

The McCloud river runs into Shasta Lake and that's where the
Rainbow Trout came from that were transported all over the world.

never knew that. thanks for the info.


The McCloud river is formed by snow melt from Mount Shasta.
There is a place called Big Springs where icy water gushes from a
lava tube coming from Mount Shasta and doubles the size of the
McCloud. I waded upstream across that flow without boots one
summer and had no feeling left in my legs by the time I got
across.

that kind of thing fascinates me. the yadkin river, where my old
homeplace in rowan county, nc, is located, is a brown, gummy mess about two
hundred yards wide. about 120 miles upstream, i have caught wild rainbows
from its headwaters around blowing rock, and jumped across it at the point i
stopped fishing.

yfitons
wayno