What to wear when the cold gets here

[Pinhead]

Originally Posted by chris138

For all of you who say hypothermia is not a concern in SD:

You do realize that you can go hypothermic in 80 deg water right? Hypothermia is a risk in any water which is cooler than body temp, 98 deg F. Its just the exposure time is longer.

That said, its all about stockingfoot breathable waders, and splash jacket shell. You can put on as many layers as you want under that to handle any day from 80F to 40F. With the waders and the goretex shell, you can go completely submerged and remain mostly dry.

+1 Exactly correct.

SD, Dec thru Mar, could get water temps into the 50's. Spending an unplanned night bobbing around like a cork with board shorts and a windbreaker sounds like a possible death sentence.

The sound of wearing waders in a kayak brings out the chiken in me tho. I opted for NRS Splash pants & top, layer underneath and keep my Lowrance Link-2 GPS radio and a mini water activated light clipped on my NRS Chinook pdf....and Praying I won't be in the water too long, if the worst happens.

Be as safe as you can be ;-)