Hypothermia (Fly Fishers Often at Risk…Watch Out for Eachother)

Maggies Farm points the way to a good site re outdoor survival skills in cold and cool weather. The info is dated and still critically vital… 

“…many hypothermia victims die each year in the process of being rescued. In “rewarming shock,” the constricted capillaries reopen almost all at once, causing a sudden drop in blood pressure. The slightest movement can send a victim’s heart muscle into wild spasms of ventricular fibrillation. In 1980, 16 shipwrecked Danish fishermen were hauled to safety after an hour and a half in the frigid North Sea. They then walked across the deck of the rescue ship, stepped below for a hot drink, and dropped dead, all 16 of them.”   

http://maggiesfarm.anotherdotcom.com/archives/10894-Freezing-to-death.html

http://www.ariverneversleeps.com/fishingwest/outdoors.shtml

Symptoms to look for:
-Intense shivering; slowing of pace, poor coordination, ability to perform complex tasks.
– Shivering persists, stumbling, thickness of speech, sluggish thinking, feeling of deep cold or numbness.
– Shivering decreases. Disorientation. Stiffening of muscles, jerky movements.
– Exhaustion, hallucinations and inability to get up after rest.

Red Gold Showing (Portland, Oregon-April 16, 2009)

RED GOLD tells the stories of the people and places of Bristol Bay, Alaska (the world’s largest sockeye salmon fishery) while also exploring the debate around the proposed Pebble Mine (what would be North America’s largest open-pit mine built in the headwaters of Bristol Bay). Since its release last year, RED GOLD has been winning awards around the country at various film festivals, including “People’s Choice” at both the Telluride and Banff Film Festivals.

When: April 16th, 2009, doors open @ 5:30 PM, film starts at 6:30PM
Where: Bagdad Theater, 3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd.
Cost: $3
Rsvp: purchase tickets at door
Co-sponsored by Slow Food Portland

Early Yellowstone Stillwater Success

 

HellIfIKnow Streamer Pattern

Recipe for “HELLIFIKNOW”

Tail: dyed red squirrel, or red synthetic fibers, Body: silver tinsel, (mylar works, we use French metal,) Beard: reddish brown rump feather fibers from golden pheasant, Head: red thread. Hook: heavy nymph, size 4-12. Fish on short light leader in shallow clear water or long heavy leader in colored water. Brookies, Grayling, and other precocious young trout take this just the way a Bluegill takes an empty gold-plated hook. Posted by Yellowstoner 

    Simplicity & Effective