I'm with you Loomis Man. If you can't shoot across that spillway, you might as well give the oars up NOW. Keep the boat straight, and when you go across the spillway, give it 2 or 3 good hard pushes on the oars. It's really not that hard. I'm not sure the Nooch is the easiest in the state (Satsop comes to mind), but it's NOT difficult.

If you ask me, these guys simply weren't paying attention and hit the spillway sideways and got sucked backwards which ended their day. Just goes to show that when you're on the oars, you should keep your head in the daylight.

Fish on............
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