How not set a hook...

[briansnat]

I think he appeared to drop his rod for a sec, then grab after it and fell in. Yeah, I can see myself doing that. Bottom line is that a comfortable situation can change in an instant over the most minor thing. Add cold water or a bang on the head and it can be deadly. Nobody goes on the water expecting to die. Wear that PFD.

I grew up with my dad drilling into my head "never stand up in a boat". Granted he was talking canoes and 10 ft jon boats, but that is still in the back of my mind 50 years later. I rarely stand up in boats LT 17 ft.