I took a fall in water up to my knee that was moving fast. I had a wading staff which I hung on to but my rod/reel was velcroed to my vest and it took a dive. I looked for about 20 min. and asked 3 rafters for help and got no response. I started walking downstream and looked for about another 20 min. without much luck. Finally 50 yds downstream I got back into the water out of desperation and waded for 5 ft and noticed something out of the ordinary- my 4 wt rig was in calf deep water! I guess thinking knee deep is a no brainer got the best of me. I try to never take anything for granted anymore...