Fisherman dies in Junction Pool

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Scott Seidman wrote:


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.

Well, I've fished around Frank enough you would think I could validate
this but alas.

FWIW I consider myself an average swimmer so doing the Naval Aircrew
Deep Water Aviation Survival stuff every four years was pretty
intimidating. The reality was though as long as you were calm and didn't
panic I think anyone could handle themselves with waders on. The Navy
test included a mile swim in a flight suit, tread water in full flight
gear for 15 minutes then drown proof for 15 minutes followed by 75 yard
swim using three strokes. Flight gear for me was a g-suit, torso
harness, flight suit , boots, uninflated survival vest and helmet and
oxygen mask. Total of about 45 lbs of gear before it got waterlogged.
There was a bunch of other stuff but that was the periodic requal stuff.

I've never seen the Junction pool of course and in rough water it could
certainly been a damn near impossible task. Perhaps we would all be wise
to find a place, have a buddy handy and intentionally fill the waders
just to see how it works.

Allen

Allen Epps wrote in news:gaepps1-
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I've never seen the Junction pool of course and in rough water it could
certainly been a damn near impossible task. Perhaps we would all be wise
to find a place, have a buddy handy and intentionally fill the waders
just to see how it works.



The more I think about it, the more I think some sort of PFD is a good
idea. The "don't panic" mandate is pretty good, but we're not always in
control. Picture banging your head during the fall--you might end up just
disoriented enough to do something stupid. Also, the fall might be the
result of something other than a slip-- a diabetic could lose regulation,
you could get dizzy, your leg could cramp up from a combination of
dehydration and fighting the current all day long, and a long list of other
things.

I don't like the belts, and I think the one you wear around your neck would
get in your way, but the minute they build a PFD into a reasonable chest
pack, I think I'll be all over it.

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Scott
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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...7RP&dir_id=758
&gro
up_id=10758&cat_id=10769&subcat_id=10770&feature_i d=17 -tom



I can agree that chest waders in swift waters scare the be-jeesus out of
me - A THIGHTLY chhinched belt helps prevent the inrush of water and
also traps air providing at least a modicum of boyency

"Scott Seidman" wrote in message
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June 04, 2006
Fisherman dies in Junction Pool

By Melissa Rennie
Times Herald-Record

Roscoe - Justin Everrett, a 44-year-old New Jersey man, drowned about
4:30 p.m. yesterday in the turbulent waters of Junction Pool in Roscoe,
where he had been fly-fishing with four friends.
State police said the tragedy occurred when Everrett fell as he was
wading across the pool to join his friends.
Trooper Michael Park explained that where the Willowemoc and Beaverkill
rivers meet at the pool, "The water swirls around, and it's dug a pit
there."
Trooper Michael Schroeder said that while people often cross either
river safely by backing away from the pool first, it appears that
Everrett attempted to wade across too near the pool.
When he fell, the current pulled him under.
Everrett and his four lifetime buddies, Joseph Brice and Dennis Talal
of New Jersey and Richard Dingiloo and Charles Schilerro of New York,
were staying at the Roscoe Motel for a weekend of fly-fishing before
things went horribly wrong.
The four men told state troopers at the scene that they saw Everrett
go under. He came back up and yelled for help. As they moved to help
him, he went under again and never came back up.
Members of the Sullivan County dive team, volunteer ambulance corps
and New York state troopers responded to the scene.
The dive team retrieved Everrett's body from the pool, and medical
personnel administered CPR before transporting him to Catskill Regional
Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 6:28 p.m.
Senior Investigator Mike Orrego said Everrett was wearing chest
waders. "Once they fill up, it's like wearing an anchor," he said.
"There was something morbid about this, about people there. We had to
keep chasing them away. Here this man just lost his life and all they
wanted to do was get back to fishing," he added.



Yo, Frank.


john