wading trick

Purely by accident, I discovered an effective trick for wading in a
strong, deep current over slippery rocks. Actually, I've probably only
rediscovered it, but I've never heard of this trick before.

I was fishing on the opposite side of the river (the Main Fork of the
Salmon in Idaho) and had to wade across to my pickup, having caught my
limit of stockers. I had to cross a section of deep current. It wasn't
truly scary, but was at least tricky.

There were some large emerging mayflies in the air I couldn't identify,
so I took my net out to try to catch one. As I waded into the current I
slipped a bit and reflexively put the net (in my downstream hand) into
the current. It was amazing. The drag on the net stabilized my stance.
It was like holding on to a tree limb. As I would lift a foot to take a
step, the drag force on the net was almost like having a third foot on
the bottom, or using a wading staff.

Try it. It works.

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Purely by accident, I discovered an effective trick for wading in a
strong, deep current over slippery rocks. Actually, I've probably
only
rediscovered it, but I've never heard of this trick before.

I was fishing on the opposite side of the river (the Main Fork of
the
Salmon in Idaho) and had to wade across to my pickup, having caught
my
limit of stockers. I had to cross a section of deep current. It
wasn't
truly scary, but was at least tricky.

There were some large emerging mayflies in the air I couldn't
identify,
so I took my net out to try to catch one. As I waded into the
current I
slipped a bit and reflexively put the net (in my downstream hand)
into
the current. It was amazing. The drag on the net stabilized my
stance.
It was like holding on to a tree limb. As I would lift a foot to
take a
step, the drag force on the net was almost like having a third foot
on
the bottom, or using a wading staff.

Try it. It works.


Joe Brooks described a similar technique in one of his books. He said
he held his rod horizontally in the water.

Wolfgang

Try it. It works.

Not that I have a need for something like this, but I'll experiment
(just for quantitative verification mind you). Thanks.
By the way, I could have used this, uhh, yeah, to uh, point it out to
others, yeah, thats it, on Saturday on the Potomac.
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Frank Reid

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Frank Reid wrote:
Try it. It works.


Not that I have a need for something like this, but I'll experiment
(just for quantitative verification mind you). Thanks.
By the way, I could have used this, uhh, yeah, to uh, point it out to
others, yeah, thats it, on Saturday on the Potomac.

You, of all people, Frank, need to try this. :-)

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Try it. It works.

Not that I have a need for something like this, but I'll experiment
(just for quantitative verification mind you). Thanks.
By the way, I could have used this, uhh, yeah, to uh, point it out to
others, yeah, thats it, on Saturday on the Potomac.
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Frank Reid

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yeah, um, where does the full reid get it's name....?
SEG

snake

yeah, um, where does the full reid get it's name....?
SEG

snake

My father, Frank Church, first mentioned a "full reid" in a trip report
on 23 June, 2001 in a post called "Short trip report." So, though named
after moi, I wasn't the first and won't be the last.

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Frank Reid
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Frank

Now you can wave with something in both hands: a rod in one and a net in the
other. It should add to the style points. (I know I will fall in next time I
fish for making this post.)

Lou T

I just stick my upper body under water and it acts as an excellent
stabilizer.

bruce h

I just stick my upper body under water and it acts as an excellent
stabilizer.

bruce h

Frank

Now you can wave with something in both hands: a rod in one and a net in the
other. It should add to the style points. (I know I will fall in next time I
fish for making this post.)

Lou T