TR-The Inland Northwest Part I

On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 23:06:33 -0400, "Wayne Knight"
wrote:



I looked at the water and it seemed shallow enough, the water in that river
was crystal clear (as it was everywhere i fished) and I thought I could see
it well enough without the sunglasses, so I headed further upstream to get
into position. My first hint that I had misjudged it was when the cold water
hit the legs of my shorts and then you-know-where. My personal preference is
to not to get above my waist when wearing waders because in what was at that
time the first 47 years and 360 days of my life I have never been able to
learn to swim. But it was still below the waist and looked to be leveling
off so I stepped again and found myself suddenly up to my armpits standing,
if you want to use that term, on my toes.

That water out west is something. I showed people at work some of the
pictures of our trip. I still don't think they believe me when I point
to a piece of seemingly shallow water and tell them that the water
there might very well be over there head. To midwestern eyes you're
obviously talking about shin deep water at the most.

Great TR.

g.c.