The Raddy, the Maddy, the Stilly, the Stone, the Pan, the Fork, the Yak, the Clack, the Beav, the Gunny, the Poudre, the Lackey, the Lackey (yes, twice in the same state, even), the Big T, the Mo, the Platte, the Platte, the Horn, the East, the Gally, the PM, the Hooch, the Ronde.
We have such affection for our favorite rivers that nicknames were inevitable. Here are some that I could think of - what am I missing? What's your home water's nickname?
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We have such affection for our favorite rivers that nicknames were inevitable. Here are some that I could think of - what am I missing? What's your home water's nickname?
14 comments:
The Root and the Rock. I haven't heard a nickname for the Big Hole, yet. It already sounds like a nickname, maybe that's why.
I thought about that, and the Firehole. Can't just call it the Hole...
I would like to call the Big Hole - "The Last Best River" or "thank god tourists don't like this river as much as the Madison", but those nicknames just aren't as catchy.
Ha ha. I agree, with the possible exception of the salmonfly hatch. But it's still probably worse on the "Maddy".
"Poudre" and "Tommy" are our homewaters.
Is Tommy the Big Thompson?
Big Gal, little gal, da'mo, knight's armor, yelly rok, horny, bigrocks, loose orface, lukeboing,
sourKarrot, red jewl, when im up there, and here ya got, Sanny M, da port, Unc, Gunny, Ark, juan, taytay, whitie, smoothspoon, Kristall, and last but not least, Rad-o
The Foot, tay-tay, the willy, the dream, tha stank (platte in denver), you guys pretty much covered the rest of them.
Wow. I have no idea what most of those are.
Gallatin, East Gallatin, Missouri, shields, yellowstone, big horn, boulder, big hole, warmsprings, bitterroot, ruby..
San Miguel, gunnison tunnel, Uncompahgre, Gunnison, Arkansas, San Juan, Taylor, white, Roaring fork, Crystal, and the Colorado..
The Ditch, The Bend, Muddy River, Little River, Big Rock, The Flat, Big pipe - Which really means where treated sewage dumps in.
The answer to the caption trivia is .... the Beaverhead.
shhhhhhh! dude, whisper...
Found more - the Naugy, the Saugy, the Housy, the Ripp... I'm editing the Flyfisher's Guide to Connecticut.
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