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My brother and I had a sphincter
Posted by: FishinYak on Feb-02-10 8:56 AM (EST)

tightening encounter with a Rattlesnake in California several years ago.

We were fishing a stretch of the San Joaquin River in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. We had to negotiate a granite cliff face for about 20 yards to bet to an enticing pool up river from where we were... As we had our flyrods strapped to our backs, and were climbing along, my brother almost set his foot right down on a 2' rattlesnake basking on an outcropping near the waters edge. I grabbed him just in time, and his foot, less than 1 foot away from the rattlesnake was stopped cold... He SLOWLY pulled it back, and we found another route up river...

The trip was worth it though, that pool have some nice 18+ inch fish in it...

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Snakes - bananaboat - Jan-15-10 2:45 PM
- you should - leighrobin - Jan-16-10 6:04 AM
- yep, it's not uncommon to come across - pilotwingz - Jan-16-10 8:41 AM
  - Ugh - Big_D - Jan-18-10 11:23 AM
    - that last water snake i picked up ...... - pilotwingz - Jan-18-10 8:25 PM
      - thanks honey! - leighrobin - Jan-19-10 4:26 AM
    - i was swimming - leighrobin - Jan-19-10 4:36 AM
      - Yes you have. - Big_D - Jan-19-10 9:39 AM
      - Ummm.... - Al_A - Oct-11-10 11:27 PM
- Anaconda - bananaboat - Jan-16-10 9:39 PM
  - its in paddlers place - leighrobin - Jan-17-10 6:12 AM
- If you think snakes are bad - Reefmonkey - Jan-19-10 1:06 PM
  - Correct. - Big_D - Jan-20-10 4:41 AM
    - there has just got to be a better boat - pilotwingz - Jan-20-10 8:17 AM
- It ain;t just snakes - bananaboat - Jan-19-10 3:02 PM
  - Snakes in the water - bananaboat - Feb-01-10 12:31 PM
    - most fresh water snakes - leighrobin - Feb-02-10 4:40 AM
- My brother and I had a sphincter - FishinYak - Feb-02-10 8:56 AM
  - "snake-o-phobia" - bananaboat - Feb-02-10 8:56 PM
- snakes - Gigmaster - Mar-09-10 8:22 AM
- Sjamboks - gigmaster - Jul-03-10 5:37 PM
  - Thanks for some learnin - bananaboat - Aug-05-10 12:47 AM
    - I hate big snakes - old_user - Aug-05-10 6:47 PM
      - For all the good it'll do you - Big_D - Aug-30-10 4:15 PM
- Snakes don't bother me at all... - FishinYak - Aug-05-10 10:14 PM
  - A busy snake - bananaboat - Aug-29-10 3:48 AM
    - another satisfied snake - bananaboat - Oct-08-10 4:12 PM
- Seems to me... - Al_A - Oct-11-10 11:40 PM
  - copperheads are often found ....... - pilotwingz - Oct-13-10 9:50 AM
    - The trail of dead hikers behind them - Big_D - Oct-14-10 5:21 PM
      - hate snakes - old_user - Oct-14-10 6:25 PM
  - Might have been a juvenile - FishinYak - Oct-14-10 8:19 PM
- Ahh! Snakes..said with nostalgia - securis - Oct-29-10 6:56 AM