wanderingrichard
Life of the Party
Yeah, they were. Our " Gumby Suits" on the Gilliland wouldn't let you float face down. (97-99)
Safety
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wanderingrichard
Life of the Party
For those who drive a lot, use android and Google maps, I'd recommend enabling the location sharing function with the wife and kids in case of an accident.
Helped us out at least 4 times in the past 10 years.
Helped us out at least 4 times in the past 10 years.
No dry suit yet! If I kayaked or was doing the sound in the winter in a canoe or kayak, I would definitely get one!
This should probably be on the trolling THREAD, but I bought Travers a birthday present! Don't even know when his birthday is! LOL!
They could be used to chum for trout though, or just to catch them, so I'll consider it appropriate for the SAFETY thread! HA!
JimTravers¤£a!!Travers
Steelhead
That's the food for the SUSHI NIGHT. that's what goes on the rice for the SUSHI NIGHT!!! ahh just throw a little mayo on there. Ahhh just have a bite!!! BIG BUCKS going into these sushi events.
You make the Sushi! I'll bring the PBR and whisk(e)y!!
wanderingrichard
Life of the Party
NRS or Kokotat, there's only the 2.
Forget I mentioned Nutcase. They got bought out in '16 and now only make bike and skate helmet. Used to make kayak white water helmets, too.
Jim in Anacortes
Life of the Party
IMHO nobody should ever be kayaking the Salish Sea without a dry suit. The water is cold. In Southern California I would kayak fish far off shore wearing only shorts. But up here...hypothermia can set in almost instantly.
wanderingrichard
Life of the Party
For a good base layer, you can't beat wool. Recently it was found that wool mesh works best as a base.
Heres an example.
backpackinglight.com
Heres an example.
Brynje Thermo Mesh Review (Wool and Synthetic Base Layers) - Backpacking Light
This Brynje Thermo Mesh Review features both Super Thermo and Wool Thermo base layers utilizing an open-weave (fishnet) construction.
backpackinglight.com
Here’s a dry suit story.
We were kayaking the SolDuc down from Salmon Cascades with a group of about 6. In November, raining and in the upper 30’s - lower 40s. My friend Joyce is a very good boater but now has MS and is unsure of her roll but otherwise is very capable. We were in a calm slow stretch when out of the corner of my eye what appears to be a limb of at least 4” in diameter fell horizontally from the sky and hit the water with force. Dang if someone were under that they could have been killed! Well Joyce was, partially. I then noticed that her helmet was ajar and her paddle broken in half. She didn’t go over because, well she’s Joyce. Oh I didn’t mention all of her fingers on the broken blade side of the paddle were dislocated. We get her to shore and she pops her fingers back in, “didn’t that hurt!” someone asks in shock, Joyce calmly says, yeah it did, because, well she’s Joyce.
We spent the nest 45 min to an hour getting her out of the gorge to the road in the rain and cold. Some park rangers happened by when we finally got up to the road and asked if we needed any help. Nope but thanks. A couple of our party had gone down river and retrieved our truck and had just gotten to our group.
The point of this ramble is that we were all wet from kayaking in 39 degree weather and had just spent an hour in the downpour in an Olympic rainforest. We all had on dry suits and everybody was warm and dry inside and just fine, except for a few sore fingers.
I’m often surprised that folks don’t steelhead in dry suits when wading. Can’t take a wrong step and fill your dry suit like you can waders. They are also filled with air rather than water so even without (not recommended) a pfd you bob like a indicator.
We were kayaking the SolDuc down from Salmon Cascades with a group of about 6. In November, raining and in the upper 30’s - lower 40s. My friend Joyce is a very good boater but now has MS and is unsure of her roll but otherwise is very capable. We were in a calm slow stretch when out of the corner of my eye what appears to be a limb of at least 4” in diameter fell horizontally from the sky and hit the water with force. Dang if someone were under that they could have been killed! Well Joyce was, partially. I then noticed that her helmet was ajar and her paddle broken in half. She didn’t go over because, well she’s Joyce. Oh I didn’t mention all of her fingers on the broken blade side of the paddle were dislocated. We get her to shore and she pops her fingers back in, “didn’t that hurt!” someone asks in shock, Joyce calmly says, yeah it did, because, well she’s Joyce.
We spent the nest 45 min to an hour getting her out of the gorge to the road in the rain and cold. Some park rangers happened by when we finally got up to the road and asked if we needed any help. Nope but thanks. A couple of our party had gone down river and retrieved our truck and had just gotten to our group.
The point of this ramble is that we were all wet from kayaking in 39 degree weather and had just spent an hour in the downpour in an Olympic rainforest. We all had on dry suits and everybody was warm and dry inside and just fine, except for a few sore fingers.
I’m often surprised that folks don’t steelhead in dry suits when wading. Can’t take a wrong step and fill your dry suit like you can waders. They are also filled with air rather than water so even without (not recommended) a pfd you bob like a indicator.
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I'm not sure if this is "safety" related (I think so).
I didn't use to worry too much about getting a sunburn. Anymore, I put SPF55 sunscreen on every morning, regardless of whether I'm going fishing or not. I wear a buff, or hoody (or both), and most of the time I have some kind of gloves on (sun gloves when warm), wet wading when warm, I wear long quick dry pants. Cancer is no fun; protect yourself.
I didn't use to worry too much about getting a sunburn. Anymore, I put SPF55 sunscreen on every morning, regardless of whether I'm going fishing or not. I wear a buff, or hoody (or both), and most of the time I have some kind of gloves on (sun gloves when warm), wet wading when warm, I wear long quick dry pants. Cancer is no fun; protect yourself.
wanderingrichard
Life of the Party
DAMHIK, if you're fishing streams in pastureland and need to relieve yourself, be sure to check that's there's no electric fences in the line of YOUR stream.
fatbillybob
Steelhead
Rubber cuffs at the wrists, and rubber booties for your feet. Socks on feet, and neoprene wading socks over the booties to protect them.
Dry suits come in lots of models. For the best and really only practical use, the models made for kayaking/rafting, not scuba diving make sense. A person has complete range of motion. Some have neoprene Velcro cuffs and neck gaskets that are very comfortable but not completely waterproof. Maybe a little leak if ya fall in but certainly nothing like stepping in over your waders. Other suits have tight fitting rubber gaskets that are completely waterproof even completely submerged for extended time. You could even swim over to that otherwise inaccessible spot. (Please know what the hell you’re doing before trying such a stupid idea!)
The feet in dry suits range from a waterproof fabric to neoprene to rubber. Get a big boot and loosely layer socks or use electric socks or both! Put anything on under the dry suit. Take some off to hike in. If it’s not raining pull the top down and you’ve got just rain pants.
I’m not sure why something like this wouldn’t be great. (I’m not recommending, don’t know this brand but like the style with the hood.)
The feet in dry suits range from a waterproof fabric to neoprene to rubber. Get a big boot and loosely layer socks or use electric socks or both! Put anything on under the dry suit. Take some off to hike in. If it’s not raining pull the top down and you’ve got just rain pants.
I’m not sure why something like this wouldn’t be great. (I’m not recommending, don’t know this brand but like the style with the hood.)
Words to live by!
Maybe we should break out a few of these topics, like dry suits and making fire, into a separate thread to make it easy to find down the road!
fatbillybob
Steelhead
I'd like to try a DS for winter steelheading but summertime I like wading pants. I'm using chest waders less and less