BillyBrookTrout 0 Report post Posted May 1, 2009 Where does "don't go alone stop?" What if you take a friend and both fall into a cravasse? ...or...3?...or...4? I can't imagine Jim Bridger saying uh-uh I ain't gonna go there all alone... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
purolohi kalastaja 0 Report post Posted May 2, 2009 I was turkey hunting with a buddy on his 40 acres a few years back. I did a belly-crawl (elbows and knees, kinda like the little green army men we used to play with) over a rise to get a shot at a HUGE gobbler hung up in the field. I couldn't get into position on him before the daylight ran out, so I crawled backwards down the hill to get out of his vision before standing up. Then I stood up. I heard someone light off a Black Cat firecracker just behind me and I went to the ground. Then I tried to stand up and realized that it wasn't a firecracker, it was my knee, and now it was locked up. Frozen solid, couldn't bend it back and couldn't straighten it. I used my 870 as a crutch (unloaded of course) and he helped me hobble back to the truck. I played it off and drove home left-footed. WhenI got into the house, I sat on the couch to take off the boots, and it popped again and I could move it. I bent it and it locked again. I went through this several time that night, and went to the doctor the next day. A week and a half later after a visit to the knee specialist and the MRI instrument I learned that I had torn the meniscus and it was floating in and out of the joint between my femur and my tibia. Two scopes later and it only hurts when the pressure changes. Oh, and that turkey? I went out the next weekend and shot him 20 minutes after sunrise while my buddy was still in his bed, wimped out because of the back surgery he had three days earlier. He later told me that my shot woke him up. The bird weighed just under 25 pounds, has a 12 inch beard and nearly 2 inch spurs that come to a nice sharp point. His tail fan, beard and spurs are hanging on the wall in my basement. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytyinfreak 0 Report post Posted May 2, 2009 Where does "don't go alone stop?" What if you take a friend and both fall into a cravasse? ...or...3?...or...4? I can't imagine Jim Bridger saying uh-uh I ain't gonna go there all alone... I guess we should start callin you Billy bad ass instead of brook trout! LOl just kiddin! Anyways to update the fiasco, I go in wednesday morning for the MRI. This morning at my church's mens breakfast I felt the wrath of my christian brothers, ie "how do you hurt yourself "fly fishing"? you guys know exactly how they said it. anyways they all think they have a leg up on me in the fishing derby we have at the mens retreat in 2 weeks! LOL I feel for em cuz they are all in denial! I could outfish those bait dunkin, spin chuckin wanna be fisherman blindfolded in a wheelchair left handed! no offense to the handicapped with my wheel chair quote it was refering tho something a church buddy said to me this morning. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BigDaddyHub 0 Report post Posted May 3, 2009 HA HA!! I got the same reaction from a friend of mine when he called and asked "How do you make the front page of the local newspaper flyfishing?" Now that he's been with me a few times, he has a clear, full understanding of how things can quickly go from "great fishing" to "great big mess"! Canyon walls, jagged rocks, class 3 rapids and runs; deep, log jammed pools, and meth cooks just inside the tree line....the world's full of dangers, my boys! :crutch: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytyinfreak 0 Report post Posted May 12, 2009 Got an update for those who care. I just got back from my Doc's office and te MRI results..... 2 fractures, one on the tibial lobe where the ACL attaches plus a torn ACL, Fracture of the MCL lobe with a torn MCL, plus some cartilage damage and so on and so forth. Gonna have to go under the knife, probably get some hardware ie, screws and pins and the like. Just keep me in your prayers, and keep in mind that You guys who swap with me are in for a treat as I will have to spend my time tyin if I ain't fishin! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Claudia 0 Report post Posted May 12, 2009 omg.... so sad to hear... hope operation goes well and that your up and running in no time. All the best wishes from me in dk C Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytyinfreak 0 Report post Posted May 13, 2009 scheduled to consult with the surgeon next tuesday Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JSzymczyk 0 Report post Posted May 13, 2009 man, you tore it up GOOD! If you're gonna do it, do it right, is what they say. I hope everything goes well with the medicos, and we wish you a speedy recovery. Just think of all the flies you can tie while you're recovering, and hopefully you'll get a day or two of decent sympathy... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BigDaddyHub 0 Report post Posted May 16, 2009 You'll be up and running before you know it! :thumbup: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fairwxflyfish 0 Report post Posted May 17, 2009 Hi to All I fish alone a lot except for my German Shepherd Dog, Fischer... I fish in Grizzly and Cat, and Wolf country.. I do not carry a firearm.. However I do carry A survival kit... Bear spray.. Big assed Knife.. hell of a lot of army experience and a small dose of Common sense and the SPOT.. The SPOT is a real life saver, that and common sense... Google it and it will tell you more then I can... http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=...gu56NLLiuywQrDg I do not sell it or any thing like that... I just trust it, I have tested it in canyons and very heavy snow and cloud cover and it works... Gives my Family piece of mind and to me also... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jburge 0 Report post Posted May 19, 2009 'freak, I got hit by a car while on a bicycle and my injuries weren't that bad. You tore it up good. You're in our prayers. John Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytyinfreak 0 Report post Posted May 20, 2009 Finally got to see Doc Casey! Come to find out he's one of the best in the region! He was amazed at the degree with which I took to totally screw my knee up, said it would really test his skills but he was sure he could do the job. He's going to use a tissue replacement technique using cadaver tissue. Cool!! I get to have a dead guys parts in my knee! He also told me that there were 2 other fly fishermen in to see him this week and last! LOL anyways I now have to let the insurance company finalize the AOK on the surgery and then schedule it. He said if I was lucky it would be between 6-9 months till I was back to my fightin shape! guess I'll be tyin a crap load of flies and floatin alot of stillwater this summer. Now all i gotta do is figure out a leg support for my one man pontoon boat. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stonefly1 0 Report post Posted May 20, 2009 No worries man, I had the same surgery 10 weeks ago today and if you follow the rehab instructions you will be fishing again in 4 months. From a pontoon in 10 weeks (going tomorrow). Rehab and physical therapy is the key......don't cheat! If you have any questions, feel free to shoot me a PM. Make sure you ask for a flex machine right away, makes the recovery a lot easier. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
