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Today me and my uncle set out to find some chrome. We hit a smaller river with are waders on and thought we would try to find some water we have not fished before. The first section of water we crossed was about waist deep and a fair current, the second was i little shallower but more swift. My uncle is a little smaller then I about 5'6'' 150lbs but VERY fit for his age. I went across first and waited for him, as he started in you could tell that he was having trouble with his footing. The section was about 15-20 foot wide and as he was almost half way he lost his footing and started to get swept away. I saw him start to get swept down river and started sloshing through the thigh deep water and got a hold of his Filson wader jacket. He was on all fours with water up to his kneck with no way to stand up while his waders filled with cold water. As I tryed to keep my footing and hold onto him he said there was no way he could get up and his right hand was going numb from the water. I thought it was going to be impossible to help him stand up so I slowly tryed to pull him to the bank. I clinched 800 dollors worth of fishing poles in my left hand after talking him in to letting go of his loomis. I slowly back steped to the bank pulling him about 10 to 12 feet till we were in water he could get up in. After he could stand we took a few moments to rest, as he was freezing and my knuckles where black and blue from griping his jacket so tight. After about 10 mins of resting we hiked through a farmers feild back to are rigs. My uncle got the water out of his waders, put on some new socks, and off we went to try to catch a fish. We fished for 2 hours and only got one nice bright coho hen then headed back to get warm.
The reason I post this story is to warn all of you of the dangers we all somtimes put in the back seat. It was a eye opening experiance, and a reminder not to cross rivers alone....
The reason I post this story is to warn all of you of the dangers we all somtimes put in the back seat. It was a eye opening experiance, and a reminder not to cross rivers alone....