Operator was fishing along the levee when he got his line tangled in a tree.  He was in the bow of V1 attempting to untangle his line when he noticed V1 began to drift toward the spillway backwards.  He was approx. 30 yards from the spillway at this time.  Due to flooding, the water was flowing at a very high rate through the spillway.  He attempted to stop V1 from entering the spillway but was unsuccessful.  After entering the concrete spillway, he was able to exit V1 and held V1 secure to the spillway wall until help arrived.  The bottom of V1 received an approx. 3 inch wide by 4 foot long gash.  V1 also capsized at one point while in the spillway before it could be recovered.
LEOLA                         