On 6/6/06 2:55 PM, in article
, "rw"
wrote:

Tom Nakashima wrote:
"rw" wrote in message
m...

A kick boat is a far better choice than a canoe. You can use the oars for
speed and you can use fins to control the boat while fishing.


I take it you are kidding rw?

I'm not kidding the least little bit. Kick boats are designed and built
for fishing. Canoes aren't.

That said, the guy HAS a canoe, (probably) doesn't have a kick boat, and
sounds like he is just getting started in fly fishing, potentially on a
limited budget. In which case, his canoe will do just fine. :-)

Pete, I fished from a canoe just two days ago, in a pretty steady wind. As
Tim suggested, you will find an anchor and/or another oarsman helpful in
this kind of condition.

The rod you mentioned will do fine, although some prefer a longer rod for
float tube, kick boat, or other water craft.

My canoe fishing is almost exclusively for warm water species, and at that
almost exclusively top water, popper* fishing**, for which a floating line
is fine. But, as such, I can't speak to line requirements that you might
want to think about (sinking, sink tip, etc.) that would likely be most
effective for still water trout fishing, but others will no doubt chime in.

Enjoy!
Bill

*or gurgler: fishing with Stan, though I've never fished with Stan! :-)

**A five weight "trout" rod with floating line and a handful of poppers and
an afternoon on a midwest farm pond in July is about as much fun as anyone
can ask for. Add a couple of youngsters doing the catching, and watch the
magic happen.