09-06-2010, 01:22 AM
[quote lucabrasi]I have to put in something here. To the person who figured that waders filled with water will not pull you under, I can not believe that was said. Your weight, even just your legs and waist, the waders weight, and the water will sink you. It is not buoyant. Try fillng your ditch boots up or hip boost and jump up and down in a pool. Ain't going to happen. You are going to be weighed down. You are not going to float around. Some current could move you around for sure but you will go under. Everyone needs to know your waders full of water is downright dangerous, snags or no snags.[/quote]
Explain to me how water inside your waders is going to pull you under? Does the water in the waders weigh more than the water surrounding you?
How do I know this? I've fallen before, water has gotten into my waders. (There is not much water going to enter in the first place since the waders aren't that much bigger than my body and like most I wear a wading belt.) And being that the river that I'm floating down has the same water that is in my waders (and weighing the same) I'm neutrally buoyant. It's just physics. It's something different when I get out and the water drains down to my legs, making it just a little hard to walk.
Plus your analogy is pretty much flawed Luca. Have you ever had chest waders on and been in a river up to your chest? Ever notice that the material is bound tightly against your body?
Don't you sleep with the fishes anyway?
I guess anythings possible, but if you fall and go with the flow, feet pointing downstream you can make your way to the bank. Play it safe and wear a PFD.
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Explain to me how water inside your waders is going to pull you under? Does the water in the waders weigh more than the water surrounding you?
How do I know this? I've fallen before, water has gotten into my waders. (There is not much water going to enter in the first place since the waders aren't that much bigger than my body and like most I wear a wading belt.) And being that the river that I'm floating down has the same water that is in my waders (and weighing the same) I'm neutrally buoyant. It's just physics. It's something different when I get out and the water drains down to my legs, making it just a little hard to walk.
Plus your analogy is pretty much flawed Luca. Have you ever had chest waders on and been in a river up to your chest? Ever notice that the material is bound tightly against your body?
Don't you sleep with the fishes anyway?
I guess anythings possible, but if you fall and go with the flow, feet pointing downstream you can make your way to the bank. Play it safe and wear a PFD.
http://www.sexyloops.com/articles/killerwader.shtml
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