Originally Posted by
Micky Duck
a pole upstream is being pushed DOWN with the force of water,if your leaning on it hard it will want to stay down no matter how hard the flow,if bottom is on bottom the top will want to push downwards
if you have it downstream,the waters force is trying to lift it off bottom or tear it from your grip...or in extreme..lift you up.
now funny as it sounds,years ago crossing opihi river with my Bro in law..us both wearing waders,half way across,his body weight was less than bouyancy of wader....should have been called Bob...I continued across river with him semi floating beside me,so downward force is rather important lol