Answer:

upriver

Answer	Crossword Clue
UPRIVER	Hard direction to paddle
UPRIVER	Not near the mouth
UPRIVER	Memphis, vis- -vis New Orleans

UPRIVER	Where the good fishing is.
UPRIVER	Toward the source of a stream
UPRIVER	In jail?
UPRIVER	Like St. Paul, vis-a-vis St. Louis
UPRIVER	Opposite the current
UPRIVER	Away from the mouth
UPRIVER	Like St. Louis vis- -vis New Orleans
UPRIVER	Like St. Louis vis-a-vis New Orleans