Dry Clothes

We were on a five mile smallmouth float in July when a day-long rain moved in. Two of the four of us did not have raincoats and by the time we floated the last three hours in the rain the two with no rain coats were dangerously chilled….yes, even in Virginia in July. When I’m floating a river I always carry a change of clothes and a rain coat in a waterproof dry bag in the boat. When I’m wading a stream I always have a raincoat in the back of my vest and a complete change of clothes in a duffel bag in my car.