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Most of you are too young to remember the old wild and raucous stream that used to run with abandon from the spring to the river. And you probably won't remember the old wood dam that was replaced with the "new" concrete dam. For many years the span between the old dam and the new offered one of the deepest, widest and best "holes" in the stream. Fishermen standing on the old dam would have to use a spinning rod to reach the new dam. Those of us preferring fly rods could stand on the dam and enjoy hours of fishing with hardly any contact with other fly lines, etc. But over the years that "hole" and many others (e.g., the old Sycamore hole) have slowly filled in with silt and rock. Fishermen are now able to practically wade from the fly area to the 'new' dam!! The stream may never regain some of the velocity it once had, but one would hope the DNR will eventually see it in their plans to dredge some of the old holes in order to restore some of the great features that used to define the stream. We'll keep fighting the moss if you'll just dredge some of the old fishing grounds. (e.g., the Bluff hole being another example)