| My worst fall was when I took a "shortcut" up a sheer wall of boulders which provided the foundation for the railroad track bed that was adjacent the river. I made it about 15 feet up when my wet wading boot slipped on a rock and I started to fall backwards. I did three backwards summersaults and ended up in about six inches of water. Amazingly I wasn't hurt at all, other than my pride. I was very lucky.
Tom Davenport On Jan 31, 2006, at 4:03 PM, Pierre Bombardier wrote: Last times I've fallen wading were actually up in Michigan in the 80's. worst one was April 1, 1986 i believe. My buddy Bill and I were fishing for steelhead in the Betsie in NW Michigan. I'd just driven through a blizzard to get therre, but the snow had stopped and it was turning into a nice, but cold day. He hooked a steelhead and yelled for me to come help him get it netted. He was downstream from me, so i started downstrema nad tripped over a rock, and down I went. It wasn't deep but my upper garments were soaked. I got up, netted the fish and started back upstream to the place where I could get out the river and head to the car and a dry set of clothes. Just as I'm about to step out of the river, he yells again...another steelhead on. I head back down the river to net the fish, and trip over the same Z*^&(*^& rock!! Down I go again!! I netted the fish and told Bill i was headed for the car and dry clothes and if he hokked another fish he was on his own. Worst part of the trip was driving home...another blizzard!!
I've fallen while fishing numerous times, even while in waders...just not in the river. found the slickest mud in the world on the upper Betsie, fell down 3 times before I crawled to a different spot and stood back up. I've also fallen after catching the boot of my waders on a root and spraining my right knee hiking around a deep hole in the Pere Marquette. That was the one the worried Bill the most...he was afraid I wouldn't be able to get back up and walk and we were about 4 miles away from access. Had to wait a few minutes, and then i was able to get back towards the car.
In the gulf I've never fallen while wading. In the summer, you don't usually wear waders, and if the water gets too deep, you just swim!!
Last fall I took was in my friend Ron Foreman's 17' center console...I was trying to take a pic of the nice red he'd just caught, and unfortunately stepped where the red had just been with my prostyhetic leg...I managed to stay in the boat, and so did the expensive part...the prosthetic leg. Got a nice picture of the sky with the last exposure on the roll...no pic of the red.
Mark Delaney
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