"Scott Seidman" wrote in message
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"Tom Nakashima" wrote in
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"Scott Seidman" wrote in message
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I was about 6 pools downstream from the Junction Pool when this
happened.
The water was big. I limited myself to mid-thigh wading, and
knee-level would have been much safer.

FWIW, everyone raved about the Roscoe emergency crew's response time.


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Scott
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Sorry to hear about Justin Everrett. I also wear chest waders and it
scares the heck out of me when fishing fast rivers.
The test that was done on waders here in roff really caught my
attention. I'm tempted to order one of those SOS Inflatable Floatation
Belt Pack.
http://www.orvis.com/store/product_c...dir_id=758&gro
up_id=10758&cat_id=10769&subcat_id=10770&feature_i d=17 -tom




I know there's the age-old debate about whether full waders impede motion
in the water. My own opinion is that they can't make things easier, and
that there is the potential that the wearer can get pushed about like a
boat with a drift sock.

I suspect, but can't be sure, that the biggest contributing factors to
many such tragic incidents are poor swimming skills in conjunction with
simple panic. I might look into the SOSpenders, eventually. I looked at
a wading staff as a c-note well spent on personal safety. I am concerned
that these inflatable PFD's might get in my way, though.
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Scott
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Poor swimming skills and panic attack might best describe me. I can swim,
but not in a fast moving current, and I have a feeling I would panic no
matter how much I try to keep myself calm. I think I'm going to do it, buy
the SOS Inflatable Floatation Belt Pack. I fish a lot of fast moving rivers.

I saw a documentary on survival, where this well fit male backpacker in his
30's had to float down a river for 1.5 miles in a medium flowing current by
clinching onto an inflatable pack mounted on the front of his chest. He
made it safe, but at the end of the 1.5 miles, he was pretty exhausted, he
could barely pull himself out of the water.
-tom