Torrential rain and I’m stupid

[Smalliebigs]

Just want to remind everyone after almost ending my career here on this giant Blue marble flash floods on the upper end of streams are no joke. 
I barely made it out of this creek because I under estimated how much rain fell just up stream from me and continued to fish because it was so good hahaha. Don’t be like me I was a little lucky and agile and can swim very good otherwise it could have been different.

Flash floods are no joke!!! and I’m an idiot 

[Ham]

Did you lose your gear ? 

What creek ? 

 

[snagged in outlet 3]

16 minutes ago, Smalliebigs said:

Just want to remind everyone after almost ending my career here on this giant Blue marble flash floods on the upper end of streams are no joke. 
I barely made it out of this creek because I under estimated how much rain fell just up stream from me and continued to fish because it was so good hahaha. Don’t be like me I was a little lucky and agile and can swim very good otherwise it could have been different.

Flash floods are no joke!!! and I’m an idiot 

Didn’t you flip your yak on the Meramec during the big flood?

[Quillback]

Glad to hear you made it out OK, part of the outdoors lifestyle is that sometimes a person can get caught in some bad weather.

[Terrierman]

48 minutes ago, Smalliebigs said:

Just want to remind everyone after almost ending my career here on this giant Blue marble flash floods on the upper end of streams are no joke. 
I barely made it out of this creek because I under estimated how much rain fell just up stream from me and continued to fish because it was so good hahaha. Don’t be like me I was a little lucky and agile and can swim very good otherwise it could have been different.

Flash floods are no joke!!! and I’m an idiot 

Yikes. Glad you're OK.  I used to do high water stuff on purpose a long time ago.  The shut ins on the St Francis cured me of that for good.  Nothing like being no joke scared for your life to make a lasting impression.  Again, glad you are OK.

[tjm]

If it rains hard upstream from Quillback, by the time it gets here (6-7 air miles) it can be a 4-6' high 100' wide wall of water, doesn't always happen but it has. Been livestock and cars washed away by a creek that normally runs ~100CFS. The feeders for these little creeks are hundreds of miles of normally dry ditches.

[Greasy B]

Glad you made it to safely, truth be known I’ve had my fair share of close calls, most were of my own making. 

[Johnsfolly]

Glad you made it out ok. Any nice fish caught prior to almost losing your life?

I fished a creek in Oklahoma where my buddy said that they could get flash flooding 2 to 3 feet above the bank which was 15 feet above where we were fishing at the time.

[Smalliebigs]

2 hours ago, Ham said:

Did you lose your gear ? 

What creek ? 

 

I did loose my rod and reel because I had to eventually just jump in and swim for safety and I couldn’t do it with one hand and Two feet kicking

[Smalliebigs]

3 hours ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

Didn’t you flip your yak on the Meramec during the big flood?

Yes in the Winter in 45 degree water.... I got one of my scupper holes lodged on a street sign on Marshall rd right by the Golf center hahaha another dumb move. Pete this creek had a very steep banks or Bluffs really and I was right at a railroad bridge and I kinda had to make a choice as I could not get up this steep embankment of gravel to the railroad tracks. I tried like 10 times digging my fingers and toes as hard as I could to crawl up this railroad footing and just couldn’t, cut my fingers and hands up. By the time I realized I couldn’t get up the hill the creek had trees and rootwads coming down stream and was a torrent. I made the choice to swim for it which was not all that prudent. Should have just sat it out clinging to the hill the best I could for an hour or Two. Once in the creek the force of the water was astonishing and the amount of debris was nuts, as I said at that point I dropped rod and reel and did the survival swim to a flatter spot down stream and pulled myself out and walked thru a then flooded field to the bridge I parked at. I had to wait there until the water receded to even think about crossing the low water bridge. I am an absolute idiot!!! To be fair I saw it rained over 4 inches in 40 mins just to the northwest of where I was but, it’s still no excuse for my stupidity.