From all the violent floods that I have seen over the years (the james was flooded really bad in 2005 for an example) a lot of the silt that built up over the years of slower flow were washed onto the banks and the river was left with a rocky bottom. The runs changed significantly, pools shifted, some places got deeper, others got shallower, some got wider, some got shallower, the only thing we can be certain of is it will change, I suspect it will be worse fishing for the next couple years and then the fish recovery will be more apparent and the population will be more balanced, we will lose younger fish, weaker fish, and trapped fish now but the trout will rebound back.
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