Tom: If I had known, I could've been there with video equipment..... LJ
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1/31/2006 4:40 PM >>> 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 > > > What are the most popular cars? Find out at Yahoo! Autos Tom Davenport Home Page: http://homepage.mac.com/tsmd Webshots Albums: http://community.webshots.com/user/tsmdav
