I hope this never happens!!!!!

[motroutbum]

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[Kansas Fly Fisher]

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Ouch! What are the odds of that happening! Good video.

[Brian K. Shaffer]

On my gosh.. that is horrifyingly disgusting!!!!

One time on a guide trip I was guiding, my client went to cast as I was going to go around behind them. The leader literally touched me eyeball.. it was a shockingly scary moment. It was over pretty quickly.. and I intantly put my sunglasses back on.

Man that was yucky to watch.. nice job!

best fishes - Brian

[Phil Lilley]

Surreal... I wish they had some follow up on how this person recovered from it.

[jOrOb]

That is the best arguement for barbless hooks I have ever seen!

That thick gooey liquid that you saw oozing out when they inserted the lens guard is called Vitreous Humor, and it is not replaced naturally. That means that his eyeball will change shape at least a little and cause stigmatism. Also, he ( or she, not assuming) will have some scars on the eye which will always have some effect.

Most injuries occur to the eyelid since it reacts much faster than anyone realizes.

BTW, was that a bead head hares ear???

jOrOb

[Kansas Fly Fisher]

BTW, was that a bead head hares ear???

jOrOb

I think it's a bead thorax pheasant tail.

[KRflyfisher]

I was thinking hare's ear too, either way I'm sure it was a new line class record!

Nasty video, I almost coughed up my cheerios! Way to go!

KR

[Flyfishing Buddha]

That just makes me cringe. In the words of Dave Letterman

" And the number one reason to wear sunglasses while fishing."

[Bill Butts]

Wow, that is ugly!!!

That's worse than watching an autopsy on CSI.

Years ago, I was tube fishing the Damsel fly hatch at Staley Springs on Henry's Lake ID when a fisherman in a boat buried a damsel nymph in his eye.

If he hadn't had a buddy in the boat with him I think he might have gone overboard in his hysteria.

Fortunately for him, we heard later it didn't hit the center area of the eye, only the white (like that's not bad enough).

I wholeheartedly agree that IS a great case for barbless hooks and for wearing glasses while fishing.

That is, polarized sunglasses during the day of course, but particularly glasess at night when your eyes don't have quite as quick instinctive reaction time in the dark. Yes, it's a hassle if you don't usually wear prescription glasses, but certainly an advisable safety precaution.

And, it's also great practice for you young guys for future years when you don't have a choice whether to wear them. That's a joke, but I resemble that remark.

[retroaction man]

this is why i ALWAYS wear safty goggles when fishing!!!!