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100%. It stymies the panic and allows you to get your bearings faster. You need to learn how to swim and regardless of how good you get...
Feb 19, 2024
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I flipped my pontoon last April on the Sauk. Complete submersion. When swimming in waders you have to kick like crazy to make head way...
Feb 19, 2024
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Even when I fish the beach, I usually keep safety in mind and at least pay attention to my surroundings since you never know how fast...
Feb 19, 2024
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I've spent my whole life on and in the water. Always considered myself a strong swimmer. I've fallen into a few rivers when I was...
Feb 19, 2024
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Water is a lot more powerful than we recognize or even imagined. For example, On Rock Creek I have been in side channel with 6" of...
Feb 19, 2024
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When we're young and agile, we get out of a lot of bad situations with sheer strength and balance. From that perspective, it's probably...
Feb 19, 2024
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I posted this on the other site 2/6/2021 Well it happened today. I got the biggest scare I've ever had in the water today. It was a...
Feb 19, 2024
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Safety is a concept I will better try to focus on this year. I had 2 instances last year where I made it across my crossings, to think...
Feb 19, 2024
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More than anything, for me is correct assessment of the water situation (flow speed, type of the bottom, how slippery is and how deep...
Feb 19, 2024
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Lots of good advice being shared....here's what I have to add.... First, in addition to 'knowing your limits' is to be aware of your...
Feb 19, 2024
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I remember watching my young life pass before my eyes as I got swept down stream, bouncing along the river bottom. Well thank the river...
Feb 19, 2024
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can't think of a better exercise for aging bodies than swimming....stretches, tones, cardio, great for shoulder mobility, unloads...
Feb 19, 2024
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While I admire and encourage you to take swimming lessons, do not let the fact that you can swim lead you into a false sense of...
Feb 19, 2024
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I resisted getting a wading staff because it would announce that I was getting old…then I realized I was getting old…I never go to the...
Feb 19, 2024
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@Kashf - Learning to swim is a good thing but being able to "swim" wearing waders, wading boots, vest, sling pack, hip pack, rain...
Feb 19, 2024
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