When surfcasting and using braid a little duck tape on your fingers saves many cuts.

Smallmouth fishing on the James river one time I had a rock tear a pretty good hole in my jonboat. A cut a piece of a styrofoam minnow buck and jammed it in the hole and hit the metal with a rock a few times to lock the foam on place. Got me through the rest of the drift trip till it could be repaired properly that evening.

Same for me Tim, thats why I don't tarpon fish with those sharkskin lines anymore... ( a short trip to the E.R. later...)

Fix kayaks with duct tape, save a pair of waders/ boots.

Band aids, duct tape is waterproof and stronger, cover blisters with it, keeps you're skin from wearing away.

Wallets, shoes, lanyards, floatant holder, there are endless things duct tape does.

Ok, so this wasn't on the water but we used it to get to the water a lot. My Dad and Grandfather used duct tape to hold a fender, bumper, windshield wiper windshield and one window up in an old Ford.

If you're in a kayak, it's handy to put on the big toes or heals of barefeet to prevent blisters from a dau of friction with the inside of the hull. It also makes a handy bandaid...especially if you have some fabric or something to pad the cut.

I was wearing a black tux to a formal engagement,and my wife noticed white fuzz on my tux.

Reached under the seat, and pulled out the duct tape,and it pulled the fuzz off my jacket,and the night was a black tie success!

ne of my fvorite rods broke when a couple of buddies and i were in new mexico i broke it right above the reel holder and with a healthy amount of gorilla tape and a firm grip i managed to fish the rest of the day without the rod giving me any more greef

The short list: I've used it to splint a broken bone, water pipes, water hoses, electrical units and even pack animal equipment. I've lines the interior of my mountain bike tire torn while on a decent above Lone Pine, CA. Liberally applied to suitcases, hems of pants, gloves and boots. Fabricated covering for windows, binding books, made 'rope' and held lenses in glasses. Hell, with DT and bailing wire I can rule my world!

i have duct taped a spare rod to my kayak while river fishing. If i get a birds-nest or break-off, i switch to the spare with no delay.

Because I consider all you guys and gals my friends I'll give you a good tip. Do not use duct tape as toilet paper. It just doesn't work. Trust me. If you think you may forget, write it down.

My dad and brother always told me growing up that if it can't be fixed with duct tape it ain't worth having. (That may be why neither of them has ever touched a computer.) I've seen my brother duct tape boards together to finish building a wall when he ran out of nails, 18 years later the wall is still standing.

Me and my cousin recently used chewed up gum to save the fishing day when our canoe had a leak. No folks this isn't some sort of cartoon joke we actually had a crack in the canoe and the gjm stuck on there perfect.

My old chest waders are actually more duct tape than PVC
and I was use it as a waist belt few time ago.

The old saying is "if you can't duck it..." for a reason. There aren't many things I haven't had to duct tape whilst fishing. Used it to hold my trolling motor wire to the hull of the boat, fixed my trolling motor handle with it until I could fix it properly, used it to tape an oar back together for an emergency when the battery for said trolling motor died, ahhh the good times with duct tape.