Wear Your Pfd

[bobber]

cold springs!... in my line of work ,we call people like you, and your way of thinking "VICTOMS"... 90% of all water related deaths had that same train of thought! and with the SAFE BOATING WEEK just being over. and the summer WARE IT LIFE JACKET campain starting we are going to have to give you a no vote for poster child!......... sorry for rippin' on you buddy ..... BUT I AM THAT GUY THAT WEARS A HELMET AND A LIFEJACKET that you think is silly .....

[ozark trout fisher]

I think it's important to wear a life jacket... Within reason.

I wear mine when the water's up, when I'm tackling water that's on the upper end of what I usually do, or when the water temp or air temp is cold. But if I'm going down the the Jacks Fork River in normal water during the summertime, there's no way I'm putting one of those things on. It's more likely to cause me to die of a heat stroke than to save my life. I'm sensible about the dangers on our rivers, but I choose not to be paranoid.

I do think kids, and those who are not strong swimmers should wear life jackets in all cases, even in the calmest of waters.

[Coldspring]

cold springs!... in my line of work ,we call people like you, and your way of thinking "VICTOMS"... 90% of all water related deaths had that same train of thought! and with the SAFE BOATING WEEK just being over. and the summer WARE IT LIFE JACKET campain starting we are going to have to give you a no vote for poster child!......... sorry for rippin' on you buddy ..... BUT I AM THAT GUY THAT WEARS A HELMET AND A LIFEJACKET that you think is silly .....

Dude, I already said I only canoe in the summer and if the water's not high I don't wear a life jacket. If I'm on the Buffalo in late June and see someone portaging their canoe or kayak between billabongs while wearing a lifejacket and helmet I'm going to laugh my arse off! Now, when they slip on some of the extra slippery sewage fertilized rocks and fall on their head I suppose the helmet might come in handy.

[Coldspring]

I do think kids, and those who are not strong swimmers should wear life jackets in all cases, even in the calmest of waters.

I do agree with that. Not necessarily strong swimmers either, but some people aren't really strong about anything. Just a risk they have to take if they want to go out alone. Isn't it a law that kids have to wear a life jacket in their vessel? I'm not sure what that means anyway, they did prohibit them from jumping off rocks and diving on the Jack's Fork, but that hasn't stopped them from doing so.

[flytyer57]

I think it's important to wear a life jacket... Within reason.

I wear mine when the water's up, when I'm tackling water that's on the upper end of what I usually do, or when the water temp or air temp is cold. But if I'm going down the the Jacks Fork River in normal water during the summertime, there's no way I'm putting one of those things on. It's more likely to cause me to die of a heat stroke than to save my life. I'm sensible about the dangers on our rivers, but I choose not to be paranoid.

I do think kids, and those who are not strong swimmers should wear life jackets in all cases, even in the calmest of waters.

There are life vests made as a belt. You fall over, it inflates and all ya gotta do is put it over your head. Now how hot can a small belt get compared to drowning because you were hot????