Rapid River article

Full Immersion Frank writes:

I'll have you know that I got out of my little dip in the Rapid on my own,
the only thing not intact was my pride.

My "WWFD" button fell off my vest while wading at the top of Second Current. I
bent over to pick it up. Once it was in my hand, I lost my balance and did a
Full Reid. Although the water was only two feet deep, I had a heck of a time
getting up. I put the button in a vest pocket and dried off as best I could.
On the very next cast, while stripping the line in, the button's pin stabbed me
in the left forearm. Deep, painfull and bloody.

It is now on the vest with a little piece of 200 mph tape holding the point in
place. Surprisingly, few people have asked me about its meaning, but those
that do get a two or three minute description of who and what a Frank Reid is.

Dave

http://hometown.aol.com/davplac/myhomepage/index.html

On 14 Jun 2004 00:34:06 GMT, irate (Dave LaCourse) wrote:

Full Immersion Frank writes:

I'll have you know that I got out of my little dip in the Rapid on my own,
the only thing not intact was my pride.

My "WWFD" button fell off my vest while wading at the top of Second Current. I
bent over to pick it up. Once it was in my hand, I lost my balance and did a
Full Reid. Although the water was only two feet deep, I had a heck of a time
getting up. I put the button in a vest pocket and dried off as best I could.
On the very next cast, while stripping the line in, the button's pin stabbed me
in the left forearm. Deep, painfull and bloody.

It is now on the vest with a little piece of 200 mph tape holding the point in
place. Surprisingly, few people have asked me about its meaning, but those
that do get a two or three minute description of who and what a Frank Reid is.

Not to mention a live demonstration ;-)

/daytripper (Probably a good thing they were running under 400cfs...)

DT writes:

Not to mention a live demonstration ;-)

/daytripper (Probably a good thing they were running under 400cfs...)

Hey, I've gotten ashore after falling off the X rock at Second Current with 900
cfs flowing. Long slow swim to the rocks below Third Current. Lost my hat and
mag-eyes, but saved an old GL3 5 weight. 'Course, I was younger then.....
d;o(
Dave

http://hometown.aol.com/davplac/myhomepage/index.html

"Dave LaCourse" wrote

Hey, I've gotten ashore after falling off the X rock at Second Current
with 900
cfs flowing. Long slow swim to the rocks below Third Current. Lost my
hat and
mag-eyes, but saved an old GL3 5 weight. 'Course, I was younger
then.....
d;o(


must have been around the late 40's...and to think that i was only
eight...

yfitons
wayno

Wayno writes:

must have been around the late 40's...and to think that i was only
eight...

Yep, about ten years before Jo was born. d;o)

My "WWFD" button fell off my vest while wading at the top of Second
Current. I
bent over to pick it up. Once it was in my hand, I lost my balance and
did a
Full Reid. Although the water was only two feet deep, I had a heck of a
time
getting up. I put the button in a vest pocket and dried off as best I
could.
On the very next cast, while stripping the line in, the button's pin
stabbed me
in the left forearm. Deep, painfull and bloody.

Ah, those pins were imbued with some bad juju. I've lost two of my three
during dunkings. Next time, hell with the pin. I wanna fish with you up
there next year, so I'll wear the damn thing for the rest of the year.

It is now on the vest with a little piece of 200 mph tape holding the
point in
place.

What's the translation between 200 mph and cfs?

--
Frank Reid
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