Piper San, my bet is that Joey will cut those bags apart, and then glue them back together, just to see how they're made. He just can't resist it.
Dry Bags, Mukluks, Etc.
- Thread starter Kayak Jack
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jdupre' said:
O.K. everybody chip in a little bit to make up a Care Package for Joey. :? It's quite obvious that the poor boy has run out of needles, thread, glue, duct tape, bailing wire, and doublesided tape. :shock: He has been reduced to buying ready made stuff.
Bob :mrgreen:
Wannabe said:jdupre' said:
O.K. everybody chip in a little bit to make up a Care Package for Joey. :? It's quite obvious that the poor boy has run out of needles, thread, glue, duct tape, bailing wire, and doublesided tape. :shock: He has been reduced to buying ready made stuff.
Bob :mrgreen:
And a lot of folks don't believe in miracles today , we just witnessed one.Chuck........
Kayak Jack said:
I confess:
I like water shoes . I usually wear polypro sock liners inside them and that helps reduce the wet & cold feeling. If the water is in the 50's, I add wool socks. If the water is in the 40's, it's time to put the canoes away and start prepping the ski gear.I seem to vaguely remember some bearded guy from East Lansing :x complaining :x because his feet were HOT and wet from sweat (or was it a leak in the mukluk?)
For my ski gloves and boots and hiking boots I use a boot dryer, would work for mukluks. Works well and is cheap to buy and operate
I just bite the bullet and wear knee high Lacrosse rubber boots for all seasons. Yeah, they're hot (not a big thing in my book) but they stay completely waterproof for years and are tough as nails . I usually take them off when I get in camp and it feels so GOOD! :mrgreen:
Yeah, Jon, a bearded guy had hot, wet feet. He doesn't like wet feet - PERIOD.
Joey, have yew ever gotten those boots full of water? Would they be tough to kick out of in a swimming situation?
Joey, have yew ever gotten those boots full of water? Would they be tough to kick out of in a swimming situation?
Oh yeah, I've gotten them full a couple of times. In swimming situations, I wouldn't bother kicking them off, unless I had to swim a quarter mile. Wet ankle-tight boots take an awful lot of persuading to get off. Full boots weigh plenty on land but not under water.
Joey
Joey
When I see guys wearing boots like (I think) you have, the first thing I think of is the God Father, and cement overshoes.
Most cement is heavier than water. Water inside boots isn't heavier than the water outside of them.Kayak Jack said:
True, flotation wise. But the mass of it, contained in a boot, and affixed to the far end of your leg, certainly slows down reaction time and performance capability. And, when you step out of the water onto shore (or, in Louisiana, INTO the shore) the weight of the contained water becomes even more detrimental.
All in all, I avoid footwear that tends towards entrapment. I'm a scairdy cat.
All in all, I avoid footwear that tends towards entrapment. I'm a scairdy cat.
In the winter I use chest waders, we did a little test with deep water rentry. they are not a problem till you are out of the water and actually add flotation from air trapped inside them
Ron
Ron
Maybe just because it is Sunday......but God Father may be a different thing than Godfather.
I've filled my shrimp boots a couple times. Nasty. Man, I don't even want to think about swimming in them. I may start wearing TWO PFD's.
piper
I've filled my shrimp boots a couple times. Nasty. Man, I don't even want to think about swimming in them. I may start wearing TWO PFD's.
piper
Kayak Jack said:
Not to worry Jack. When you step INTO the shore in La. as your foot sinks into the mud, it squeezes all the water out the top of the boots. Then all you have to worry about is your boot staying on your foot as you try to take another step. :roll:
Bob
Jack, ditto on your first post.
I use the same idea, but with the wife's hair dryer on "cold" (my registers are in the ceiling).
Once dry, store 'em with some rice in panty hose, or some tampons - works with firearms, too.
I use the same idea, but with the wife's hair dryer on "cold" (my registers are in the ceiling).
Once dry, store 'em with some rice in panty hose, or some tampons - works with firearms, too.
I might try a bag of rice, like in a salt shaker, ehh? They've never seemed damp from hanging in my basement, but it's a good idea - thanks.
Not with the humidity we been havin...wife has had to use the dryer...50 mile ride home on the bike and I'm still wet.tx river rat said: