In reply to Post #13
Really interesting pool experiment that seems to dispel the wader myth. All without a belt to limit water Ingress, or vest to keep you up.
Really interesting pool experiment that seems to dispel the wader myth. All without a belt to limit water Ingress, or vest to keep you up.
In reply to Post #14
Actually you are right and I'm talking balls
Never swam in one that I can remember, just used them for diving. Just ignore my ramblings.
Actually you are right and I'm talking balls
Never swam in one that I can remember, just used them for diving. Just ignore my ramblings.
In reply to Post #16
So it's a wader myth, quick vault face from a general question from a dozen replies. Looked a very athletic lad in those videos and still struggling to get to safety in the scenarios attempted in a warm swimming pool.
So it's a wader myth, quick vault face from a general question from a dozen replies. Looked a very athletic lad in those videos and still struggling to get to safety in the scenarios attempted in a warm swimming pool.
In reply to Post #18
There's no denying getting in the boat wasn't slick, in either waders or just trousers. The myth I suggest is busted is that you a) sink, and b) go head down. I would think an equal risk is that you get too far from the boat to get back in, but does anybody use a tether to stay with their boat?
There's no denying getting in the boat wasn't slick, in either waders or just trousers. The myth I suggest is busted is that you a) sink, and b) go head down. I would think an equal risk is that you get too far from the boat to get back in, but does anybody use a tether to stay with their boat?
In reply to Post #19
Yes mate when this was discussed on these boards recently. I relayed my experience of going overboard on a big water in France attached to a big cat. Boat was gone after the hooklink snapped and I had to clamber onto an island. Always use a safety cord and never wear chest waders in the boat ever since.
Yes mate when this was discussed on these boards recently. I relayed my experience of going overboard on a big water in France attached to a big cat. Boat was gone after the hooklink snapped and I had to clamber onto an island. Always use a safety cord and never wear chest waders in the boat ever since.
Henry Gilbey did some stuff about this a couple of years back and although he is talking from a rocks into sea point of view it's still the same I have had a dry suit fill up to about the mid thigh (Piss flap open) and couldn't get back onto my kayak without help so would never Personally wear waders in a boat if the water was below about 12 degrees as the time to remove them and get back in could prove too long.
The answer is staring everyone in the face "just cut the welly part off the waders no where for the water to gather or hold"
In reply to Post #17
No problems.
No problems.
In reply to Post #1
People I know who've worn chest waders in a boat have done so to stay dry on wet days. Spending a whole day with a wet botty isn't a lot of fun. But drowning is probably worse... when I needed to wear chest waders to launch or recover a boat - usually the case in Ireland when pike fishing, as a lot of waters I have fished out there don't have nice comfortable jetties to launch from... the waders come straight off after the job is done. There are a few recorded instances of people drowning after going in wearing chest waders. Any responsible angler should never go afloat wearing them and of course, always wear a life jacket. I boat fish a lot, using hire boats on trout waters or my own boat on the rivers. Probably the worse boat safety I see is when carp anglers use them - please guys, take a note out of the predator angler's book and wear a life jacket please. Case in point was last week on a certain Cambs gravel pit where some plonker was out in a Sniper baiting up, no life jacket and it was pretty windy that day... very well known angler as well
People I know who've worn chest waders in a boat have done so to stay dry on wet days. Spending a whole day with a wet botty isn't a lot of fun. But drowning is probably worse... when I needed to wear chest waders to launch or recover a boat - usually the case in Ireland when pike fishing, as a lot of waters I have fished out there don't have nice comfortable jetties to launch from... the waders come straight off after the job is done. There are a few recorded instances of people drowning after going in wearing chest waders. Any responsible angler should never go afloat wearing them and of course, always wear a life jacket. I boat fish a lot, using hire boats on trout waters or my own boat on the rivers. Probably the worse boat safety I see is when carp anglers use them - please guys, take a note out of the predator angler's book and wear a life jacket please. Case in point was last week on a certain Cambs gravel pit where some plonker was out in a Sniper baiting up, no life jacket and it was pretty windy that day... very well known angler as well
I used to go out in boats regularly, and always with a life jacket. I have fallen in and I can guarantee it is not fun in the middle of a reservoir or on a flowing river struggling to get to the bank or back to the boat.
I won't wear chest waders while in the boat, simply because I don't know whether if they fill up would I be able to get back up and onto the boat, I don't want to take that chance. I weigh 75kilos, with wet clothing I struggle to pull myself up onto a boat. With full waders could I do it?
In fact it is not fun when you go out of your chest waders depth, sinking into silt, or stumbling into a hole because your 'prodding stick' didn't register it.
I won't wear chest waders while in the boat, simply because I don't know whether if they fill up would I be able to get back up and onto the boat, I don't want to take that chance. I weigh 75kilos, with wet clothing I struggle to pull myself up onto a boat. With full waders could I do it?
In fact it is not fun when you go out of your chest waders depth, sinking into silt, or stumbling into a hole because your 'prodding stick' didn't register it.