"bugcaster" wrote in message
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//snip// 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.

Scary stuff. More and more, I think it's not a good idea to fish alone, but
solitude is one of the things I like about fly fishing.
Bob