Originally Posted By: j 7
Slot
Tail out
Run

Can someone describe these a little so I can match them to a situation in a little river around here. I thought the tail out was at the end of a rapid. From the description from milt roe sounds like the tail out is further down stream?


Rapid... fast white water.
Riffle... choppy broken water where the rapid starts to slow down
Run/Pool.... the smoother deeper water where most of the stream volume flows thru
Head.... top end of the pool/run
Slot... a known travel lane that migrating fish would be expected to swim along
Gut/Bucket.... typically the deepest part (but not always) of the pool/run where migrating fish will hold
Tail.... further downriver where the pool shallows out
Lip.... where the tail-out breaks into the next rapid/riffle
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