|
Example #1
Many years ago on the day I caught my first fly rod Striped Bass I was standing on Wasque Point (this is when the point & rip came together right in one spot). The swells were medium and I had seen them like this before. All of a sudden a rogue ocean swell hits me in the chest (while standing on dry sand), lifts me up just a bit and when I come down to shore the sand is gone and I bob like a bobber. Thank god that the next wave brought the sand back under my feet. It was wierd because one minute I was on dry sand, 1 wave and I was over my head, next wave I am on dry sand again, without moving. The scary part is that 1, I was on Wasque and if I had not bobbed I would have gotten in the trough and send the coast guard to the shoals looking for me and the second part was that my waders, my rubber waders filled with water...that day I left the rubber waders in the trash at the Fishermans Parking lot and have never wore rubber waders again.
Example #2
fiashing a spot called the Graveyard in Me one year I was making my way to the outer ledge to cast from...I stepped on what looked to be a rock but it was indeed a cr3evace between the outer and middle ledges, under I went with waves coming through...I struggled to get out of that crevace before getting pounded to the rocks...made me both afraid and excited at the same time...StriperMainiac from this site got a perfect pic of just my hat and rod tip on the water As I went under
Example #3
this was in only three feet of water but John R tells the story better
|