Wear a hat

On 10 Oct 2006 18:30:49 -0700, "Frank Reid"
wrote:

We spend a lot of time outdoors. We wear baseball caps, bandanas, and,
occasionally, a broad brim hat.

Good luck, Frank.
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Frank Reid skrev:

We spend a lot of time outdoors.

Considering how much time we spend standing in the river, well at least
some of us actually STAND in the river ;-) , it is a good idea to have
a hat on. What, with all that reflection one's asking for trouble
without a hat.
Bought an Australian Akubra many years ago and been wearing one ever
since (whilst fishing that is). Got my second one this summer, they're
great.

I hope you recover quickly and follow your own advice on the hat.

/Roger

"Frank Reid" wrote in
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We spend a lot of time outdoors. We wear baseball caps, ...


Sorry to hear it Frank. Speedy recovery.

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"Frank Reid" wrote in message
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We spend a lot of time outdoors. We wear baseball caps, bandanas, and,
occasionally, a broad brim hat. Well, I'm paying for it.
Right now, I'm on something called Efudex. Been smearing this cream on
for 5 days and I look like a zombie outta the night of the living dead.
My face is covered with red blotches that will turn into sores. It
feels like its been hit by a cheese grater. Face is swollen like a
rotting corpse. I'll be on pain killers soon. I've got at least 2 and
1/2 more weeks on the stuff, could be as much as 4 and 1/2. Hopefully,
it will get all of the cancerous and pre-cancerous cells. Hopefully.
Wear a broad brimmed hat, SPF 300 cream (multi spectral), sun gloves,
long sleeved shirts. Get checked by your dermatologist annually. Be
mindful when you go outside before your only view of outside is through
a hospital window.
Frank Reid

Best of luck going forward Frank... A good friend of mine that lives on the
lake went through this same treatment late spring of this year... He came
out of it okay. It looked extremely painful, hang in there!

Take care,
JT

"Daniel-San" (Rot13) wrote in message
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Dan
...Tilley wearer--after too many sunscreen-free years of youthful
exuberance

LTM6 Airflo on order as I type... What's your model?

JT

JT wrote:
"Daniel-San"wrote:
...Tilley wearer--after too many sunscreen-free years of youthful
exuberance

LTM6 Airflo on order as I type... What's your model?

I've had a Tilley T3 for many years now but the color Tilley
calls "natural" is actually white and the last thing I want
to wear while trying to be stealthy is a white hat, so I use
it only while paddling or fishing from the canoe, never while
stream fishing. On the stream I wear a baseball cap. Or rather
I used to wear a baseball cap. Frank's post has generated two
Tilley hat orders, mine is the TH4 Hemp in Mocha. I wonder if
Tilley will pay Frank a commission ? ;-)

--
Ken Fortenberry

...Tilley wearer--after too many sunscreen-free years of youthful
exuberance

LTM6 Airflo on order as I type... What's your model?

I've had a Tilley T3 for many years now but the color Tilley
calls "natural" is actually white and the last thing I want
to wear while trying to be stealthy is a white hat, so I use
it only while paddling or fishing from the canoe, never while
stream fishing. On the stream I wear a baseball cap. Or rather
I used to wear a baseball cap. Frank's post has generated two
Tilley hat orders, mine is the TH4 Hemp in Mocha. I wonder if
Tilley will pay Frank a commission ? ;-)

I have a Tilley but don't wear it whilst fishing as the brim droops
when I put on the mag-eyes magnifiers. I wrote to Tilley about this.
Maybe we could get a letter writing campaign to have them make an "old
fogey fly fisherman's special."
Frank Reid

Best of luck going forward Frank... A good friend of mine that lives on the
lake went through this same treatment late spring of this year... He came
out of it okay. It looked extremely painful, hang in there!

Well, I can say without reservation that it is painful. Nice sheets
and pillow cases feel like 60 grit sandpaper. You roll over in your
sleep and wake up. Not getting much sleep. The only thing that you
want touching your face is lukewarm water.
The blotches are now progressing to the open wound stage. I am not
supposed to go outside without sunblock and a broad-brimmed hat. This
goes for driving too.
I'll give all the gross details as a warning. I know, it wasn't just
my fly fishing that caused this. I grew up on the California beaches,
so have been out in the bright sun unprotected for years. I'm also
fair skinned.
If getting a warning now saves one person from this misery, then its
worth it. Then again, I can now audition for a part in some of my
daughter's favorite scary movies.
Frank Reid

"Frank Reid" wrote

Maybe we could get a letter writing campaign to have them make an "old
fogey fly fisherman's special."
Frank Reid

frank, i'm terribly sorry about your problem. here's hoping for a quick
recovery.

yfitons
wayno

On 11 Oct 2006 09:11:23 -0700, "Frank Reid" wrote:

...Tilley wearer--after too many sunscreen-free years of youthful
exuberance

LTM6 Airflo on order as I type... What's your model?

I've had a Tilley T3 for many years now but the color Tilley
calls "natural" is actually white and the last thing I want
to wear while trying to be stealthy is a white hat, so I use
it only while paddling or fishing from the canoe, never while
stream fishing. On the stream I wear a baseball cap. Or rather
I used to wear a baseball cap. Frank's post has generated two
Tilley hat orders, mine is the TH4 Hemp in Mocha. I wonder if
Tilley will pay Frank a commission ? ;-)

I have a Tilley but don't wear it whilst fishing as the brim droops
when I put on the mag-eyes magnifiers. I wrote to Tilley about this.
Maybe we could get a letter writing campaign to have them make an "old
fogey fly fisherman's special."
Frank Reid

Put the mag-eyes on the back brim and that problem pretty much becomes a
non-problem. I do this on my wide brim hats, then just spin the hat around
when I need to use the mag-eyes...

/daytripper