Stanislaus River 1/25/09

I took those shots on the Knights Ferry/Orangeblossom run.
Its a good half-day trip and you need to leave a vehicle at the take out.
I think thats a bonus safety feature since Id recommend a partner on this one.

We all used to keep our gear stowed until after the first rapid. ("Russian Rapid")
There is a marked portage trail river left. It doesnt look like much, maybe C2 at good flows, but it is fast chute that has 2 haystacks at the bottom. The tricky part is that the stacks dont line up and can twist up a big SOT if you dont have your game on. After that the river is pretty straight forward and even lazy at times.
wasnt able to find any pics of the "RR" section. It was time to be paddle in hand.
The last time Moto and I fished it we had around 25 trout each on the p-martins.