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I went fishing in the windy flooded conditions yesterday. Snapped my paddle in half about a mile down stream of where I put in trying to get thru a drift rack to more open water. Made for a long paddle back especially with the wind.Attachment 332016
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That’s no fun it was windy every where
We've all had days like that dude... They are the ones you don't forget. Getting back safe and dry is the main thing.
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A canoe in the wind is no fun period with a unbroken paddle let alone a broken one. Glad your safe and didn’t have any worse severe problems. :ThumbsUp
We are glad that you made it back safe. Did you catch any fish ?
Couple of small bluegill. Water was falling slow and there was more current than normal in this bayou due to high river.
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At least you had the good half
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I had neoprene chest-waders on so worst case I could have walked out, water was about 3 to 4 ft in that area. Hardest part was getting back to open water with the short paddle. The bayou necks down and gets shallow in that spot so there was tons of trash hung up. That is normally dry unless the river gets big and shortcuts thru this old creek.
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Believe I'd start keeping a small roll of duct tape from now on..a splint from a stick and a few wraps of duct tape might've made your life a bit easier...just a thought. Glad you made it back safe..
I was gonna suggest a spare paddle. Course it always pays to have some duct tape handy.Quote:
Originally Posted by INDyak
That works too..lolQuote:
Originally Posted by SeaRay
Went back to the creek couldn’t find the keepers, only dinks. They were as far into the brush as possible a foot down. I searched high and low and everywhere for the bigger ones but no luck. On the bright side the synthetic paddle in the background didn’t snap in two and it was a easy paddle back to the truck.
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Good job. Glad you caught some
UGH! Sorry!
Any paddle will break. Werner came out with the very first carbon made ergonomically designed paddle (bends in the handle where it took the stress off your wrists) for whitewater kayaking back around 2002 and price was 400.00 with a lifetime warranty. I think I was the first to break it (according to their warranty dept) running the Ocoee River on a class 3 rapids doing a roll after getting capsized and took a very nasty swim over a quarter of a mile thru 3 rapids before making it to the bank of the river. When waranteeing it, I sent it in to have their engineers study why their carbon paddle broke as it broke at a bend where the carbon was thickest. That was the worst swim I ever encountered and pure ugly. :Rofl I carry a 3 piece Werner cheapie now as I still will run a couple of rivers around here when I get the urge. Carry a spare as you just never know.