EDITOR’S NOTE — This update fixes the names of the guide and his client and adds their home towns.
A WEST END fishing guide and his client escaped serious injury when a submerged log beneath the Mora Road bridge over the Sol Duc River near Leyendecker Park west of Forks caused their drift boat to capsize about 11 a.m. Saturday.
The guide, Roice Miles of Forks, was pulled from the water by other steelhead fishermen near the confluence of the Sol Duc and Bogachiel rivers.
His client, Jason Howard of Olympia, swam to shore. He reportedly had a slightly injured hand.
The boat and all their gear were recovered, according to Sgt. Jim Dixon of the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office. Officers from the LaPush and Forks police departments also assisted in the incident.
Information was not available about the men’s ages or addresses, although Howard was thought to be from out of the area.
Submerged logs can be very dangerous to boaters, especially when a river is somewhat colored.
