River Bank Erosion

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-??

Although - Not too pretty
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Fred

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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-??

Although - Not too pretty



They call it "Montana rip-rap."

On Wed, 18 Oct 2006 21:56:08 -0600, "Fred Lebow"
wrote:


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-??

You must not travel in rural areas much. Crushed cars, broken-up silos,
cut-up tanks (storage tanks, not military tanks), etc., have long been
used for such. Done right, in a couple of years, you'd never know they
were there. Done wrong, yep, it's an eyesore.

TC,
R

Although - Not too pretty

"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.

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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

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"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.

It was a Simms ad, however I believe it's was shot on the Bighole river.

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.

I've fished that stretch several times, one of my favorite floats on the
Bitterroot. I have also heard the big brown in the trunk of the Packard
story...

One time while floating that stretch, we had all but finished the float,
there were several people ahead of us at the launch, so I dropped anchor
about 50 yds. up to stay out of the way. It was quite dim by this time, my
buddies and I were kicked back drinking a beer. We noticed a couple small
birds (sparrow size) standing on a rock drinking out of the river. About 5
seconds latter a *large* brown came out of the water after one of the
birds... We all looked at each other in disbelief, thinking, did you just
see what I saw...

That next afternoon/evening when it started getting dark, I tied on a mouse
pattern in hopes of pulling a large brown, but had no takers.

JT

Skwala wrote:

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.

There's a very good steelhead spot on the Salmon River called Pontiac
because someone drove a Pontiac Firebird into it. A guy I know pulled in
out of the river a couple of days later, for salvage, and it was already
full of bullet holes.

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Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

Fred Lebow wrote:
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-??

Although - Not too pretty

Nor too environmentally friendly, I should think.

Wolfgang

Wolfgang wrote:
Fred Lebow wrote:
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-??

Although - Not too pretty

Nor too environmentally friendly, I should think.

Wolfgang

The Crowsnest River has an area where the bank is lined by ore cars.
They are filled in and overgrown now, but you can still see them. The
fishing isn't too bad in that spot either.

Tim Lysyk

Tim Lysyk wrote:
Wolfgang wrote:
Fred Lebow wrote:
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-??

Although - Not too pretty

Nor too environmentally friendly, I should think.

Wolfgang

The Crowsnest River has an area where the bank is lined by ore cars.
They are filled in and overgrown now, but you can still see them. The
fishing isn't too bad in that spot either.

Oar cars. Hm.....

Presumably, you're referring to railroad cars. Take the trucks out
from under them and the're just steel boxes. Seems innocuous enough to
me. Automobiles are another matter entirely.

Wolfgang