[troutbum]

About 4 years ago I was out in the float tube after a night of wobbley pop's and fell asleep when I awoke I was about 200 meters down stream in the outlet of the lake wedged unto a awfull snarl of a beaver dam,wich popped my bladder in my tube ripped countless holes in my waders and left me swimming to reach the trail to hike out.Needless to say I take my fishing alot more seriously nowadays no "pop's" the night before!!and since then I witnessed a man come very close to death being careless while float tubing,and that scared me enough to take alto more care while tubing.

[MikeLove]

Last spring I was fishing in Zone 2 of the Lower Mountain Fork around those brown rocks. I had laid my stick down and had my left foot on a moss covered flat rock. Set the hook on a little trout, left leg slipped, fell backwards in less than a foot of water and sprang my knee slightly. Three days later my knee knocked my back out and I spent nearly a week on the floor and in bed at home. had to close my tire store for that week and have not fully recoverd a year later.. I have been fishing more out of a boat and not so much wadding........