On Feb 27, 5:43 am, Halfordian Golfer wrote:
3) When you're floating along you can get incredibly long drag-free
drifts but, you also usually only have one shot at a given spot. This
is somewhat antithetical to the sport to me which is about solving
difficult currents, finding a fly that works, in a given spot. I'd see
a GREAT spot that I knew held good fish but, there it was and there it
went as we moved by at 10 miles per.

That's been my most frustrating experience the few times I've fished
from a drift boat. OTOH, it makes you think about practicing casting
and placement, because you _know_ you've only got one shot to get a
good drift in a hole -- and even while wading, your first cast is your
best bet anyways to pull a good fish out of a spot.

When I hired a guide on the Bow river in CA(nada), we parked at a few
spots and got out and fished some runs and side channels, and in other
places he worked hard to hold the boat while I made a few casts
through some good spots. But the vast majority of water we fished was
simply unwadeable anyways; one step off the bank and you'd be in over
your head.

Jon.