Fishing with a fractured thumb

[jaymack]

Had a pretty nasty crash on my mountain bike today, and ended up with some scrapes and bruises, along with a broken left thumb that is now in a metal splint. I cast right handed so this would be my line hand. Has anyone else done this before? Any ideas that may help me still be able to fish?

[Wes_G]

Broken wrist here, crashed on the bike as well.... I am thinking I'm still going to go out and try.

[Mudslide]

I sprained my wrist playing hockey a week before my trip to Alaska. I would have duck taped the rod to my hand if I had to. Lots of ice and nsaid's seemed to do the trick.

[Shongololo]

I also fell off my MTB and also broke my left thumb. I fished last weeken with a cast on my arm and had no problem. Just had to be a little careful when casting

[rycoma]

I fell down one day just after getting out to the stream. My ring finger dislocated so I relocated it there on the stream and tied it to my middle finger and fished the day out.

[onthefly]

I have had some wrist issues in the past... Learned to cast well enough with my left hand, to cover water on most streams, and caught fish just fine. Also comes in handy when I have more backcast room on my left, in tight streams.

[greylynx]

Mtn Biking is not good for wrists.

This is from a geezer that still rides a Ritchey P-23.

Go to different drug stores and try out the wrist braces.

You might find that a brace improves your casting technique.

[Truck Norris]

Originally Posted by greylynx

Mtn Biking is not good for wrists.

This is from a geezer that still rides a Ritchey P-23.

Go to different drug stores and try out the wrist braces.

You might find that a brace improves your casting technique.

I have the same bike! Delivered newspapers and cut lawns for a few years and bought that baby. It still hangs in my garage.

X2 on a wrist brace from a pharmacy. I've been doing Brazillian Jiu-Jitsu for eleven years now, and once had my right hand trapped under my body after falling prey to an awkward hip toss. It sounded like somebody tearing a magazine and my hand was swollen like an over-stuffed bratwurst. I continued to fly-fish a week later after purchasing a wrist brace. It's painful but doable.