07-29-2010, 09:37 PM
Don't have to use swim trunks if your afraid of sunburn. I use long stretchy double knit jogging style pants, IF I will be in sun. These pants dry quickly without moisture creep and the evaporation cools your legs more than being in the water constantly- no wrinkles. The water gets so hot during the summer that dipping your legs doesn't give much comfort.
Most rivers here are lined with trees and there are sections of very dense shade-may not even need sunscreen. Sunburn is one reason I don't do lakes much, added to wind, reflected glare that gets your face and eyes (sunscreen in eyes is very painful), stinkpots, wakes, DUIs, boat ramp wait, distance to shore, etc.
That's just me and my take for this area. There are some great little lakes in the Sierras with unbelievable beauty that surpass any river experience.
Only creatures I've ever had on me were ticks that worked their way down to my underwear and that was while wearing waders in Florida! But, I thought leeches were good bait? Maybe I'm just repellant , even to bugs....[
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[quote wagdog]Yeah, I can imagine if I ever float tube when I'm visiting my folks in Texas, I'll just hit the water with swim trunks. You have hit on one of the perks of fishing in Texas. I'd say another is that there are lakes all over the place AND you can use live minnows. There are other perks but those two have just been on my mind lately as I have watched some videos from the arklatex area where these fellows are killing big slab crappie with minnows. Oh well...back to Utah. [
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Most rivers here are lined with trees and there are sections of very dense shade-may not even need sunscreen. Sunburn is one reason I don't do lakes much, added to wind, reflected glare that gets your face and eyes (sunscreen in eyes is very painful), stinkpots, wakes, DUIs, boat ramp wait, distance to shore, etc.
That's just me and my take for this area. There are some great little lakes in the Sierras with unbelievable beauty that surpass any river experience.
Only creatures I've ever had on me were ticks that worked their way down to my underwear and that was while wearing waders in Florida! But, I thought leeches were good bait? Maybe I'm just repellant , even to bugs....[
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[quote wagdog]Yeah, I can imagine if I ever float tube when I'm visiting my folks in Texas, I'll just hit the water with swim trunks. You have hit on one of the perks of fishing in Texas. I'd say another is that there are lakes all over the place AND you can use live minnows. There are other perks but those two have just been on my mind lately as I have watched some videos from the arklatex area where these fellows are killing big slab crappie with minnows. Oh well...back to Utah. [
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