Timely Advice...

During a recent trip to the Upper Fly Fishing area on the Salmon River the Minions were witness to a potentially deadly incident.  A father and son stumbled and fell while crossing the river.  The son, a young man of perhaps 14 or 15 years, was swept through a rapid into a deep hole.  He was largely spent after struggling though the rapids and had little strength left.  He managed to paddle close enough to shore to be rescued by a fisherman with a large net.  One of our group was in the process of wading out into the flat just upstream from the next large rapid / waterfall area.  The young man needed to be carried from the water, but recovered in a short time.
Both father and son appeared to be in shock.

The link below shares one doctor / fisherman's advice for wade fishing the Salmon River.


http://blog.syracuse.com/opinion/2010/10/dr_howard_j_kass_of_schroeppel.html