Standpipe is designed to pivot on the elbow, allowing me to drain a foot at a time to relieve head pressure. No fish are supposed to be moving through the standpipe - it will be capped. Once I drain down far enough, I pull the stanpipe and elbow to drain the pond entirely, fish and all, into collection tank behind the dam.

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. ~ Henry David Thoreau

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