Originally Posted by
billhouk
I live in Indiana so share the same warm water weather as Ohio. I'm closing in on 60 so I agree with Ohiotuber. Wet wading is for kids. Scrambling over rocks, fence rolls, and sunken corn cultivators (for real) requires as much protection as possible. I refer you to the fellow member who contracted giardia by simply touching his mouth after releasing a fish. (And, I'm not interested in messing with brown water snakes while wearing shorts...)
I'm only 48, but all of this right down to the location!
"They say you forget your troubles on a trout stream, but that's not quite it. What happens is that you begin to see where your troubles fit into the grand scheme of things, and suddenly they're just not such a big deal anymore." - John Gierach