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Tips for Staying Cool, Comfortable, and Content in Your Boat All Day

Enjoying time with your friends and family while casting from your boat is a day well spent. Now that there’s some spring in the air, the thoughts of anglers far and wide are turning toward the water and the lunkers lurking beneath. However, it’s good to remember that spending a day fishing from the boat can be taxing. While gearing up to get back on the water, it’s not a bad idea to make some preparations to ensure that your boat time is as fun, comfortable, and satisfying as it should be. That means being sure that you’re safe, fed and hydrated, and equipped with the right fishing apparel

Fishing Clothes

Performance Fishing Gear

Keeping dry is important for keeping comfortable on warmer days as well. Spending hours on a boat, in the open, under the sun can make things a bit muggy for any angler. That’s why professional-grade fishing apparel has gained its current popularity. High-quality performance fishing gear can make a huge difference. The right fishing shirt for avid anglers should be fabricated from high-performance polyester, with moisture-wicking and quick-drying technology. The lightweight, breathable fabric from Gillz®, for example, keeps you cool as well as dry by shielding you from direct sun exposure while allowing for cooling airflow. Plus, their high-performance fishing apparel is antimicrobial, which reduces odor, and stain-resistant.

A Fishing Mask

High-performance fishing clothes for optimizing comfort on the boat aren’t restricted to fishing shirts and pants. The fishing mask has made a big splash recently, and for good reason. A good fishing mask provides protection from the sun, the elements, and biting insects. For an excellent all-around fishing mask, check out the GillzMask™ from high-performance fishing apparel provider Gillz®. In addition to providing stellar protection from the unpredictable spring weather, the GillzMask™ features GillzVents™ slits in the neck to channel air over the neck and down the back to keep the wearer cool. Finally, their mesh mouth panel reduces odor and won’t fog your sunglasses.

Rain Gear

It’s never a bad idea to have rain gear on hand in the boat, so make sure you pack enough for everyone joining you. It makes even more sense to do so in the spring. Spring weather is notoriously finicky and can often go from warm to cold, clear skies to downpour, sometimes all within the same day. Without sufficient rain gear, a day in the boat can be tragically ended early or prove cold and unpleasant for those to stick it out. For the precipitation-prepared angler, however, a rainy day can mean great fishing while keeping dry.

Food and Drink

Bringing the right food and drink is generally fairly straightforward. Protein-based snacks like beef jerky, trail mix or mixed nuts, and protein bars can be a great option. Take along any drink that keeps you hydrated. Caffeine is a diuretic, so packing along a little extra hydration to compensate can’t hurt.

About Gillz®

Since the time Kent Hickman was a boy in his home state of Florida, he would take any opportunity to fish that he could. That’s stayed true since his childhood years, and Kent eventually went on to fish professionally, joining the tournament circuit. Finding fishing clothes for tournaments that ticked the boxes of keeping him comfortable, protected from the elements, and cool in the hot Florida sun was a challenge. In 2009, he took matters into his own hands and founded Gillz® to provide his fellow anglers with stylish fishing clothes, fishing masks, and other fishing apparel. Now it’s your turn to join the growing fishing community that loves to wear Gillz® apparel.

Keep yourself protected, comfortable, and cool while fly fishing with Gillz® gear at Gillz.com

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