Runoff may have finally run off.

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About two months ago we were up by Sonora Pass, and remarked on how wild and wooly the Stanislaus River looked then. Where we usually found deep dark pools, we were seeing solid whitewater. Like this:

Here is the same photo from this last weekend. Seems like a whole lot less water...which is a good thing for those guys fishing.
 
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