But they work fine for most situations, and most species, in East Texas' sluggish rivers, bayous, oxbows and sloughs, too. |
Here the river is fabulous, clear and convoluted, with ponds jammed with yellow flag irises where there are springs or oxbows. |
In essence, the stream follows a lower, more confined route, whilst a series of meandering high-level oxbows provide convenient bypasses. |
Arctic Village is an assembly of 40-odd spruce-log cabins that overlook the serpentine bends, oxbows, and channels of the East Fork. |
The minnow's range likely ebbed as insulated oxbows and shallow pools gradually disappeared. |
The fish are a mix of juveniles and adults spread throughout ponds, oxbows and main river channels along the Rewa and Rupununi Rivers. |