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Wading the Flint River in New Market-Huntsville
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05/19/17 04:19 AM
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Clem
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Any of you guys know whether the river is wadable -- no deeper than your waist -- at the Oscar Patterson Road takeout and/or anywhere else accessible out in New Market?
Thinking of maybe doing some wading this weekend.
"Hunting Politics are stupid!" - Farm Hunter
"Bible says you shouldn't put sugar in your cornbread." Dustin, 2013
"Best I can figure 97.365% of the general public is a paint chip eating, mouth breathing, certified dumbass." BCLC, 2020
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Re: Wading the Flint River in New Market-Huntsville
[Re: Clem]
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05/19/17 09:31 AM
05/19/17 09:31 AM
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AC870
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Post up a report. I might want to join you sometime.
“Killing tomorrow’s trophies today.”
On the distance I like to walk to my stands: “The first 100 yards is also the last 100 yards.”
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Re: Wading the Flint River in New Market-Huntsville
[Re: Clem]
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05/19/17 06:03 PM
05/19/17 06:03 PM
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I went by the McMullen put-in (which is trashy as schitt because of mouthbreathing POS people) this afternoon to get a take on the water.
For no rain, it looked damned high for wading. The downstream river below the bridge has some good hard-bottom spots but also some mushy-mucky-soft "Oh shitshitshitshittttt" spots where the wrong step puts your tits in the water. Not fun. It all shifts when there's high water and flooding.
Couldn't tell much about upstream. The water was dirty all over, but clear under the bridge. Just didn't look like good wading water right now in that area.
I may slip out to New Market tomorrow to poke around.
AC870, I have another place you and I might try. Will be in touch. Need to get up with Goober and Gomer about going gigging again, too.
"Hunting Politics are stupid!" - Farm Hunter
"Bible says you shouldn't put sugar in your cornbread." Dustin, 2013
"Best I can figure 97.365% of the general public is a paint chip eating, mouth breathing, certified dumbass." BCLC, 2020
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Re: Wading the Flint River in New Market-Huntsville
[Re: Clem]
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05/19/17 06:21 PM
05/19/17 06:21 PM
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10-4. Thanks!
I floated Oscar Patterson to Winchester Road about 20 years ago, and Dennis McGehee had a canoe livery there at the Winchester bridge. Nice guy. Never have been anywhere between Winchester and McMullen. Hope to float it all at some point.
"Hunting Politics are stupid!" - Farm Hunter
"Bible says you shouldn't put sugar in your cornbread." Dustin, 2013
"Best I can figure 97.365% of the general public is a paint chip eating, mouth breathing, certified dumbass." BCLC, 2020
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Re: Wading the Flint River in New Market-Huntsville
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05/19/17 06:29 PM
05/19/17 06:29 PM
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From Oscar patterson to the Winchester bridge most of it it wade-able. There are some places that are deep and you will have to walk the bank around. But we have caught some good small mouth in the deeper holes. I like taking a small fly and toss it under the branches that are on the shore, gets bites on bass and bream. Have fun Watch for snakes on the banks. There is also a tractor crossing on the flint, access from homer nance Rd. fished it since 5th grade. it gets a good bit of pressure now, but it use to be a great place to catch small and large mouth just before dark.
I believe that this is a practical world and that I can count only on what I earn. Therefore I believe in work, hard work. -George Petrie (1945)
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Re: Wading the Flint River in New Market-Huntsville
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05/19/17 06:53 PM
05/19/17 06:53 PM
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Not doing this weekend but we'll be out in the yaks soon and will let you know. Are you know?
I believe that this is a practical world and that I can count only on what I earn. Therefore I believe in work, hard work. -George Petrie (1945)
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Re: Wading the Flint River in New Market-Huntsville
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05/21/17 03:24 PM
05/21/17 03:24 PM
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We floated the Paint Rock this weekend. Everyone in our group except me and my wife had their own canoes or kayaks. We rented from Paint Rock Canoe and Kayak. Anybody looking to float a river and needing to rent should check these guys out. Super good people from our experience.
The fool tells me his reasons; the wise man persuades me with my own.
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