steve2
Well-known member
Following on from the 'Almost a Tragedy' how many of us have put ourselves in sometimes dangerous positions in order to catch a fish, I know I have.
I have climb trees for a better view, cut my way through thorn bushes and brambles. Fallen into beds of nettles and into rivers. Gone out in really bad weather fished in snowstorms. As I tend to rivers on my own I could be miles from anywhere if an accident were to happen.
I always carry a first aid kit, hand gel and wet wipes and have had to use it for cuts and bruises.
My nearest miss was a couple of years ago when fishing on my own and I suddenly didn’t feel at all well. I manage to make it back to the car and drove home. The next few hours were a bit of a blur apart from finding myself in hospital on a drip having passed out at home. It seems that I had pick up a bug from fish or the bait. A few hours earlier and I would have collapsed on the bank with no one to help me.
I now always let people know where I am going and the reason I now always carry hand gel and use it before eating.
I have climb trees for a better view, cut my way through thorn bushes and brambles. Fallen into beds of nettles and into rivers. Gone out in really bad weather fished in snowstorms. As I tend to rivers on my own I could be miles from anywhere if an accident were to happen.
I always carry a first aid kit, hand gel and wet wipes and have had to use it for cuts and bruises.
My nearest miss was a couple of years ago when fishing on my own and I suddenly didn’t feel at all well. I manage to make it back to the car and drove home. The next few hours were a bit of a blur apart from finding myself in hospital on a drip having passed out at home. It seems that I had pick up a bug from fish or the bait. A few hours earlier and I would have collapsed on the bank with no one to help me.
I now always let people know where I am going and the reason I now always carry hand gel and use it before eating.