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"-- Rob" wrote in message ... The risk is very real......and obvious. Oddly enough, I've never known nor even heard of anyone taking a shot to the eye, as far as I recall. Anybody else? Wolfgang Not direct in the eye, but my friend's dad took one right in his eyebrow...close enough to ensure wearing eye protection from then on. i have fished for over thirty years with a close friend of mine, one pj roberts, on some small streams in north carolina. we always understand that the man who isn't fishing the hole, or the run, stands within three feet of the fishing partner's back. wayno |
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"-- Rob" wrote in message ... The risk is very real......and obvious. Oddly enough, I've never known nor even heard of anyone taking a shot to the eye, as far as I recall. Anybody else? Wolfgang Not direct in the eye, but my friend's dad took one right in his eyebrow...close enough to ensure wearing eye protection from then on. i have fished for over thirty years with a close friend of mine, one pj roberts, on some small streams in north carolina. we always understand that the man who isn't fishing the hole, or the run, stands within three feet of the fishing partner's back. wayno |
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The risk is very real......and obvious. Oddly enough, I've never known
nor even heard of anyone taking a shot to the eye, as far as I recall. Anybody else? Hand raises slowly. Believe it or not, I took a bullet head bugger in the eye in England. Busted a bunch of blood vessels in the right eye and looked pretty bad for a couple of weeks. Didn't loose any vision though. -- Frank Reid Reverse email to reply |
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The risk is very real......and obvious. Oddly enough, I've never known
nor even heard of anyone taking a shot to the eye, as far as I recall. Anybody else? Hand raises slowly. Believe it or not, I took a bullet head bugger in the eye in England. Busted a bunch of blood vessels in the right eye and looked pretty bad for a couple of weeks. Didn't loose any vision though. -- Frank Reid Reverse email to reply |
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"-- Rob" wrote in message ... I usually use a 5-6 ft chunk of stiff mono. I also wear a Tilly hat with a very wide brim that seems to deflect 5-6 ft was (and is) recommended for night fishing for stripers with a sinking line. I cut back my leader, but not nearly enough and didn't think it was going to be that much of a problem (duh!). Thankfully, I wear glasses all the time, and also always wears a baseball cap, both of which probably combined to deflect it enough to avoid real serious injury. -- so much fishing, so little time -- --please remuv the 'NOWAY2it' from my email addy to email me-- i always wear my sunglasses- don't trust myself. i was fishin this evenin off the bank of one of our lakes, and was asked by a fella why i was wearing sunglasses at dusk. i explained, to which he responded, "oh yeah, good idea." indeed it is. snake |
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"-- Rob" wrote in message ... I usually use a 5-6 ft chunk of stiff mono. I also wear a Tilly hat with a very wide brim that seems to deflect 5-6 ft was (and is) recommended for night fishing for stripers with a sinking line. I cut back my leader, but not nearly enough and didn't think it was going to be that much of a problem (duh!). Thankfully, I wear glasses all the time, and also always wears a baseball cap, both of which probably combined to deflect it enough to avoid real serious injury. -- so much fishing, so little time -- --please remuv the 'NOWAY2it' from my email addy to email me-- i always wear my sunglasses- don't trust myself. i was fishin this evenin off the bank of one of our lakes, and was asked by a fella why i was wearing sunglasses at dusk. i explained, to which he responded, "oh yeah, good idea." indeed it is. snake |
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"GregP" wrote in message ... On Fri, 23 Jul 2004 17:09:28 -0500, "Wolfgang" wrote: The risk is very real......and obvious. Oddly enough, I've never known nor even heard of anyone taking a shot to the eye, as far as I recall. Anybody else? I (with a bit of help from the wind) slammed a clouser into my forehead. That's the closest I've come. While fishin' on Price Lake, when I first started ff'in, from a canoe, I was castin ' a Clouser and had it hit me in the back of the right ear. Thankfully, I wasn't hooked, but it was in the Fall and cold, so it was quite painful. On numerous occasions, I have had flys come at my face, on the back cast. I always wear glasses, cause I couldn't see otherwise. I guess bad eye-sight can be a blessin' sometimes? Mark |
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"GregP" wrote in message ... On Fri, 23 Jul 2004 17:09:28 -0500, "Wolfgang" wrote: The risk is very real......and obvious. Oddly enough, I've never known nor even heard of anyone taking a shot to the eye, as far as I recall. Anybody else? I (with a bit of help from the wind) slammed a clouser into my forehead. That's the closest I've come. While fishin' on Price Lake, when I first started ff'in, from a canoe, I was castin ' a Clouser and had it hit me in the back of the right ear. Thankfully, I wasn't hooked, but it was in the Fall and cold, so it was quite painful. On numerous occasions, I have had flys come at my face, on the back cast. I always wear glasses, cause I couldn't see otherwise. I guess bad eye-sight can be a blessin' sometimes? Mark |
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"Wolfgang" wrote in message ... "GregP" wrote in message ... On 22 Jul 2004 22:49:22 GMT, OWAY2it (-- Rob) wrote: Thankfully, I wear glasses all the time, and also always wears a baseball cap, both of which probably combined to deflect it enough to avoid real serious injury. I need glasses for reading only, but I had a pair made up with plain glass and a low-cut reading bifocal on the bottom for gray day and night fishing. I did that after the very first time I tried to cast a 2/0 clouser. The risk is very real......and obvious. Oddly enough, I've never known nor even heard of anyone taking a shot to the eye, as far as I recall. Anybody else? Wolfgang no shot to the eye, but today, as a result of a cast gone awry, (couldn't have been my fault :-}), the hook ended up in my hair. i was wearing a baseball cap, and the fly nested in the length of hair i had pulled through that opening in the back of my cap. glad i have long hair..... snake |
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Hand raises slowly. Believe it or not, I took a bullet head bugger in the
eye in England. Busted a bunch of blood vessels in the right eye and looked pretty bad for a couple of weeks. Frank, You are truly my angling inspiration. Heck, I did a full Reid last year, but off a jetty (only managed to lose my stripping basket and missed hitting my head on one of the rocks). Is there any angling disas..., um, adventure you have not already experienced? -- Rob |
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