"riverman" wrote
Please, everybody, WEAR A WADING BELT!! If you think somehow its not as
graphic as I just wrote about, go to the neighborhood pool and jump in.
Hell, I dare you to lay down in your bathtub, then try to get out! Its
frightening!



Thank you for your research ... I had reached the always wear a belt
conclusion without the science just a couple dips without one on, and
fighting back up onto shore with filled waders.


On a similar subject, for those that pram or boat. I once very nearly fell
out of my 8 foot pram into deep water, fishing Davis Damsel time. It was
close enough that I got to wondering, "Could I get back in the pram if I
fell out." so when I got near shore in water tip toe deep I jumped
overboard and tried. No F__king way even with a tiny jump from those tippy
toes.

I wear a belt wading and always have a PFD or two in my pram, duckboat, or
kickboat ... ON if I've standing to cast, or leaning over to retrieve decoys
.... always close enough to the edge that I could grab it from outside the
boat

To me this is the same as always buckling my seat belt when driving ... just
sensible