Last May...
I was fishing a spot that shall remain unnamed
. (those who know me know where I was) anyway.. its a creek mouth and the current can be a little strong. I was wading out onto the bar with my friend Mark. As we made our way out to the main flow, we both stepped off the bar simultaneously... 2 ft down to over 3, doesn't sound like much but when you try and turn into the current and make that step, let me tell you, you can't. Every step I tried to take picked me up and set me back down further out. So we tried to go diagonal which worked but I had to lean forward to make my steps and my waders were filling with water, finally Mark made a good stride and got up on the bar, he reached out and dragged me up onto the bar... phew! I fish that spot religously and perhaps I thought I was a little too familiar with the spot, I took a valuable lesson from that day and that is, NEVER get too comfortable out there, anywhere when you're fishing the surf, you have to keep 1 word in mind at all times respect... to finish out the story.... I went back to shore, dumped out my waders and went back out to fish and we ended up catching some nice fish.
-DAve