2. Dress to swim
always dress with the expectation of swimming. This
not only means wearing your PFD, but also clothes
that’ll do their job without getting in your way when
they are wet.
3. Rig to flip – ensure that everything is secured
onto the kayak and it will float. Everything
that shouldn’t get wet should be secured in a
plastic bag.
4. You body follows where your head goes – try to keep upright at
all times with your head centered over the kayak. Once you must
this trick, you will stay comfortably on to of your kayak no matter
how mush it rolls. I’ve seen people fall in the water simply
because they leaned out of the kayak to look around.
5. Always give yourself a rod’s length of line – Winding in too much
line only gives you more to do when you hook a fish or have to
remove weeds from your line. Giving yourself a rod’s length of line
means that you can grab your lure or fish, and work with a slack
line.