Today was a sad day as we came to the shores of Swan Lake. The water levels were down over a meter and no sign of the Beaver. Trapper ??? we cant figure it out as the pond is usually full with fresh sign of Beaver work every time we come. We walked the dam to check and there was a considerable amount flowing from the base of the dam, no Beaver sign anywhere, What to do ? we launched the boat and rowed over to the dam, Roy jumped in with chest waders and found the outlet under a log embedded in the base of the dam. As Gordon and myself went over to the far side to collect dry grass Ed and Errol rowed over with the boat to collect what we had picked. Al remained with Roy as safety man while Roy stuffed the grass into the hole. After about a hour of this work we were able to stem the flow down to a trickle. After we checked the box for fish, one lonely Wild Coho and a Stickleback.
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