I learned a few things about Mountain Streams on that fly fishing trip.
- Even in May, the water is Ice Cold.
- Water flowing Down Stream has Power.
- Water coming around the rocks, has super power.
- Sections can be deceptively deep.
- Rocks in the stream are covered in snot.
- Snot covered rocks are as slippery as ice covered rocks.
- D40s can't scuba dive.
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Tina was upstream and I wanted to get some good shots of her casting.
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I took a few shots, and they looked good, but then I moved farther out into the flow to get a better angle. Stepping from behind the large bolder, I was hit with the power of the flow.
Wow, that's tough. I lost my balance and started to fall back and let the camera drop high on my chest. (I had shortened the strap.)
I caught myself with my wading staff, I was now leaning back about 30 degrees, but the water was pushing me a little sideways.
Large boulder behind me, I pushed with my staff and fell against it. Whew... safe.
Oh, the water pressure was pushing me hard against the boulder... and water was running UP my waders, over the top and DOWN inside.
Wait, that water is COLD. Oh no, I'm sliding sideways, the boulder is covered in mountain snot.
In slow motion, I slide off the side of the boulder and there was NOTHING I could do about it. In the water I went, the pressure taking me down. I spun putting my feet downstream but keeping them UP as long as I saw a rocky bottom. Once I saw clear sand, I put my feet down and stood up.
I waded to shore, knowing that my legs were filled with icewater to the knees.
luckily I had a full change of clothes and a towel in the truck. I was never in danger as my wading vest inflated when I got wet. Tina never saw me go in, as she was facing upstream. I blew my whistle when I got to shore and she came and helped me change and laughed at me.
Camera was dead. Even after it dried. The SD card was good, the lens was still good after it dried for several days.
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