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When you start fishing, pop your drive out and put it in backwards. Then you can peddle around in reverse. It also helps to get a little mirror that clips on your sunglasses so you can see behind you. Get that at a bike shop.
Staying in place is tough, especially if it's windy. You're better off doing a slow troll and casting to spots as you pass by. It's best to drift down current anyway. The current will get swift enough that you'd have a hard time getting your fly to the bottom if you didn't drift with it.
Hobie makes a nice drift chute. But it's tough to use in a harbor, because your kayak only points down wind, and only moves down current. You have no ability to maneuver or avoid other boats, buoys, etc.
A Scotty fly rod holder works well. For a right handed person, mount it on the left side of the boat, so the reel flops outboard with the handle up. Stay away from the Ram holder. It drops your rod if not clipped shut.
You can also cut a slot in a piece of PVC pipe, and drop that into one of the rod holder tubes on your boat, and slide the rod into the tube, with the reel going in the slot.
You just let the fly line coil up between your legs. It will stay in place reasonably well after a little practice.
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