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"Bob Patton" rwpmailatcharterdotnet wrote in message
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I don't know what would have happened if I had drifted into a tree in the
water - I don't think I would have been able to climb up onto the tree
trunk, and if I went under it I'd be tangled up in the branches.

I used to have a downloaded video clip that showed a wader swept
downstream and rapidly approaching a sweeper in the water. The
instruction pointed out that you have one, and only one chance. The wader
(now swimmer) was in the appropriate downriver position, and used his leg
muscles to literally walk to branches of the sweeper. As his feet hit the
branch, he flexed his legs and used his back to kind of surf against the
current, for a moment. This allowed him to clear the end of the branch
and continue downstream.

Darned if I can find the video clip to see where it was found. I can't
find it on google either.
Well I found four ram files on the desktop, and it does an OK job of filming
wading in fast water, and the eventual drift downstream. It came from a
video magazine that is no longer made, but has some archives still on a
server. It is The Western Flyfisher IBC. It was called Wading Safety -
Dealing with Log Jams. I cannot find the video online, but the magazines
are good and all the recipes can still be downloaded in ram format.
http://www.westernflyfisher.com/ and click on the archives.

If someone wants the file, it is about 3 meg, so I could send it once to
those with a fast modem.