Tales of Strainers Past (not passed)

[Paddlinhal]

I suppose the strainer story that I remember most was about some friends of mine from Oregon paddling the John Day River (I think?). Robin, who is a paraplegic, was paddling bow in a duckie when they piled up against a strainer. She was trapped, but with head above water and in no real danger. As the others helped her out, they grabbed her leg and pulled. Only it was the cold dead leg of another paddler that had disappeared a few days earlier.