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Scottish Fly Fisher Drowns In Dam Release

This story is a timely reminder to those planning on fishing tailwaters where periodic releases cause rapid water rises. In Scotland, an angler on the River Tummel near Pitlochry died when the shallow water where he was fishing suddenly became a torrent of 1380 cubic feet per second.

Posted by Marshall Cutchin on March 13, 2007 5:13 AM | Permalink

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