PSA: Wear Your Wading Belt

[El Jason]

I joked about this yesterday, but I took a dunk in the river yesterday. Fortunately, I WAS wearing a wading belt.

I was fishing along the base of some cliffs, standing on a rock shelf in the river. I stepped off the edge of shelf and was up to my chin with no terra firma under my feet.

The belt kept my waders from filling with water while I was able to swim with the current back to solid footing. Not sure what the outcome would have been without a belt with rapidly filling waders, and I’m glad I didn’t have to find out.

All told, I dumped about a gallon or two out of them when I got back to the pickup.

 

[mtmuley]

I joked about this yesterday, but I took a dunk in the river yesterday. Fortunately, I WAS wearing a wading belt.

I was fishing along the base of some cliffs, standing on a rock shelf in the river. I stepped off the edge of shelf and was up to my chin with no terra firma under my feet.

The belt kept my waders from filling with water while I was able to swim with the current back to solid footing. Not sure what the outcome would have been without a belt with rapidly filling waders, and I’m glad I didn’t have to find out.

All told, I dumped about a gallon or two out of them when I got back to the pickup.

Had a similar experience duck hunting one time. Scary. mtmuley

 

[Mica Man]

Definitely not fun this time of year. Any steel harmed prior to the bath?

 

[Rack Daniels]

I joked about this yesterday, but I took a dunk in the river yesterday. Fortunately, I WAS wearing a wading belt.

I was fishing along the base of some cliffs, standing on a rock shelf in the river. I stepped off the edge of shelf and was up to my chin with no terra firma under my feet.

The belt kept my waders from filling with water while I was able to swim with the current back to solid footing. Not sure what the outcome would have been without a belt with rapidly filling waders, and I’m glad I didn’t have to find out.

All told, I dumped about a gallon or two out of them when I got back to the pickup.

Kept the pole!?

 

[El Jason]

Kept the pole!?

Yep. I did an awkward sidestroke while holding on to it.

 

[El Jason]

Definitely not fun this time of year. Any steel harmed prior to the bath?

Hooked seven, landed three.

 

[Rack Daniels]

Sketchy shit. Glad all’s good