Fly Fisherman Drowns on Upper Missouri

November 12, 2005 By: Marshall Cutchin

It takes only seconds to get into serious trouble if you’re wearing waders. “‘He had hooked a fish and, in an effort to dislodge it, dropped his pole, slipped and lost his footing,’ Fish, Wildlife & Parks Game Warden Bryan Golie of Cascade said. ‘Then his waders began to fill up,’ Golie said. ‘But they float, and they’re on the surface, holding your head down.'” Eric Newhouse in the Great Falls (Montana) Tribune.