??I don’t think there is a PFD made that would keep me afloat if I tipped the yak and flooded my stocking foots.?
Dave,
What would make the water inside your waders different then the water outside? Once filled, it wouldn?t matter which side of the waders the water was on, you would float (or sink) exactly the same. The weight of the water in your waders would only be a factor if you were not in the water. There are several good reasons not to Yak in coldwater, hypothermia for instances, but filling your stocking foots would not affect the performance of your PDF.
you know, Jason, you are absolutely right and i should know that from my failed “milk bottle filled with water” anchor invention. This is why I got a ‘d’ in physics…
and epo, while i don’t have to worry about sinking i frequently worry about spontaneously combusting.
[This message has been edited by D. Micus (edited 27 June 2005).]
dave - I enjoy all your articles, but was really excited to see you are a 'yak man as well. I’m suprised that more people don’t use a kayak for fishing, but I guess if they did they would be on “our” waters
Keep that belt pulled tight to keep that water out. You will float, but you wont swim very far, very fast with full waders.
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming - “WOW-What a Ride!”
Don’t take life too seriously, you’ll never get out alive.
Yaks are great though I had someone make fun of my yak the other day. I was about ready to punch his lights out when I remembered the code of the happy pirate, though shallt beith too drunk for violence. He was bad mouthing it because it is a touring kayak in a cloud pattern and that sit on top ocean yaks were better. The pattern does look kind of fruity but it is camoflage. After reasoning with him that I could paddle circles around him in an ocean kayak and explaining my camoflage concept, and he realizing I was twice his size and intelligence, he walked away.
Who has time for stress when there are fish to catch.
Nick
micro, what a jackass. sot’s are nice, but i think a bit too cold for the ne waters. plus if you are out in the currents you definitely want a touring kayak and if it has a rudder or a skeg, all the better.
Could not agree more buddy. Different
fisheries demand different kayaks every bit
as much as they demand different tackle.
To some folks a kayak is a kayak, period.
But as we know, there are as many nuances
in kayaks as there are in fly rods. Various
waters/conditions demand design features
that ensure comfort and safety suitable for
the chosen environment. All waters are not
created equal.G Warm regards, Jim
Kayaks are like women (or men). We each fall in love with one (or several) for a different reason. If that idiot likes SOT kayaks then he’d be a fool to buy a Sit In Kayak. I’d be a fool to buy a sit on top.
absolutely one of the best purchases I’ve made - I’m a SOT guy, OK prowler 13 to be exact, it doubles for chasin smallmouth in flowing water and striper on the big water. I’m in VA, so the water’s a bit warmer and I’m in and out of the yak a lot, so the SOT is nice.
It’s all good. I love a sit inside for cold
weather kayaking and most inshore trips.
But in warmer weather for offshore work, the
SOT sure is a confidence factor for me with
that big old air bubble.G Most kayaks are
going to be better suited for one environment or another. I have yet to find
one that does everything well without
sacrificing something, be it creature
comfort or stability or tracking.
Normally we gear up for our major fishery
and when we try something different, we just
make do. To tout any one design or even
class of boat as a “do it all” to me is a
bit far fetched. Warm regards, Jim
I am not completely downing sit ons. The guy made a big deal about it thats all. A sit on top just seems to close in performance to my canoe to spend the money on one. He was bragging on how he could stand up on an sot and cast. The funny part was that I don’t like to wade with waders if possible so when the water is above 50 degrees I wade in shorts. He was complaning that the water was too cold for that for four hours. Don’t you get more wet in a sot? A week earlier it was 50-60 air temp and cloudy when another fellow with a sot said it was too cold to go out while I was nice and cozy inside my touring yak.
To each their own I was just a little aggravated that this peckerhead decided to open his mouth.
Who has time for stress when there are fish to catch.
Nick
[This message has been edited by Micropteris (edited 30 June 2005).]
