What Are You Using For PFD's ...?
When I'm fishing from the canoe in deeper waters, I wear a Stearns inflatable fishing vest. It can be inflated kinda quick by pulling a cord attached to a CO(2) cartridge, or even by mouth using an inflation tube; the thing has a Coast Guard Type III rating.
Having somehow, "mysteriously", overturned in times past, and as I've advanced in age and sping waters seem somehow colder than they use to be, thought it best to be as the Boy Scouts use to say ... prepared.
Thought it might be a good idea to see others are using.
Dale
Re: What Are You Using For PFD's ...?
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Originally Posted by DaleW
When I'm fishing from the canoe in deeper waters, I wear a Stearns inflatable fishing vest. It can be inflated kinda quick by pulling a cord attached to a CO(2) cartridge, or even by mouth using an inflation tube; the thing has a Coast Guard Type III rating.
That's exactly the one I use in cold weather. The thing is unbearably hot otherwise.
Note: Other PFD's with floatation materials sewn into it that doesn't need to be blown up do not need to be worn ... just be accessible.
The PFD you and I wear HAS to be worn as that particular PFD will sink when you capsize. At least that's the law here in Florida.
Re: What Are You Using For PFD's ...?
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Originally Posted by FL_SKIBUM
The PFD you and I wear HAS to be worn as that particular PFD will sink when you capsize. At least that's the law here in Florida.
That's interesting.
When I first got the vest about the first thing I did was to infate it using the blow-up tube just to see how it would be inflated. But I could not get all the air back out afterwards. So mine has a little air trapped inside.
Your right about it being warm to wear on a summer afternoon! However, I usually wear in the spring and fall on some particular waters, for the most part, so it fits in with the season. Have used it to cross one narrow lake in the summer but that's usually an early morning and late evening crossing.
Dale