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Montana Kayaker's Drowning
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Poorly written news blurb...thankfully the would-be rescuer didn't drown.
I dread being on water with non-PFD wearing folk...it would heartless to turn away from a tragedy unfolding before your very eyes...yet it's not at all unusual for folks attempting a rescue to drown. Hell of predicament to subject other people to because of a stupid choice.
I've always made it clear to family and friends that I simply won't fish with them if they won't wear a PFD. A great many people think they're 'strong swimmers' or they'll have time to put a PFD on as the watercraft slowly sinks (and most such accidents occur way too fast for donning a PFD).
For years, I have done most floats (those where I'm confident in the rower) without a PFD. I'm not sure when it happened or why, but at some point within the past 5 years, I decided it was a bad idea not to wear a PFD on ANY water. I think a big barrier in the past was the bulky, fishing-unfriendly designs of most PFDs. I bought an NRS Chinook vest a few years back, and it's been great. Much more comfortable to fish in than most, and designed with an angler's basic needs in mind (storage for a couple fly/lure boxes and a few spools of tippet without adding excessive bulk, which makes fishing harder). I've also noticed that the solid rowers I used to fish with sans PFD really appreciate that I'm wearing it.
Anyway, the PFD I referenced is designed, first and foremost, for kayakers, so any kayak anglers out there take note... there's at least one great solution out there that won't ruin your fishing or rowing day and may well save your life. Worth a shot, IMO.
Anyway, the PFD I referenced is designed, first and foremost, for kayakers, so any kayak anglers out there take note... there's at least one great solution out there that won't ruin your fishing or rowing day and may well save your life. Worth a shot, IMO.
I've enjoyed using an NRS Chinook Offshore PFD for a couple of years now...and before that a fishing Stohlquist PFD. Both were very comfortable. I don't go on water without a PFD.
Same as a lot of folks, I floated for years without one. Got dumped out of a couple rafts/pontoons in different ways and it still didn't change my habits. But multiple stories from friends and associates coupled with age have me in the same "boat". If I'm going on the water I prepare for 'worst case' much more seriously than in the past. And that always includes wearing a vest. Agree with Shad . . have and like the NRS Chinook. I wear that on rivers and a a Mustang auto inflatable on the salt.
+3 for the NRS Chinook. I wear one when I'm float tubing lakes or am floating the Sauk or Skagit or Cowlitz.
wanderingrichard
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Anyone remember their Red Cross Water Safety classes ? Row,Throw, Go, was the rescue mantra.
