06-05-2006, 11:57 PM
[cool][#0000ff]Don't blame the waders. Blame the stupidity of someone who would challenge heavy water wearing ANYTHING. At the very least he should have been wearing both a wading belt and a PFD. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]That is a totally different issue than wearing waders while tubing. As I have stated many times, I have tubed for over 50 years and neither myself or anyone I have ever known has had a mishap in a tube that resulted in their waders filling with water.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]On the other hand, it is fairly common for fishermen wading big rivers (and even small streams) to misjudge the strength of the current and the depth of the water and to take an unscheduled "float trip". Sometimes the story has a happy ending, and everybody laughs about it. Other times it ends in tragedy. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Just don't blame the waders for a lapse in judgment on the part of the fisherman. Even nice guys can get killed by stupidity and bad luck.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]That is a totally different issue than wearing waders while tubing. As I have stated many times, I have tubed for over 50 years and neither myself or anyone I have ever known has had a mishap in a tube that resulted in their waders filling with water.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]On the other hand, it is fairly common for fishermen wading big rivers (and even small streams) to misjudge the strength of the current and the depth of the water and to take an unscheduled "float trip". Sometimes the story has a happy ending, and everybody laughs about it. Other times it ends in tragedy. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Just don't blame the waders for a lapse in judgment on the part of the fisherman. Even nice guys can get killed by stupidity and bad luck.[/#0000ff]
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