In the spirit of if you can't beat 'em, join 'em, I'm playing with the
notion of getting a fishing yak -- maybe a Pungo or something similar.

Question for the yak experts. Given that I am of advanced middle age
with a significant pot and limited shoulder stremgth, is paddling
upstream against weak to moderate currents feasible? I doubt I'll
have a shuttle service available to me so it would seem like an idea
to paddle upstream (walking it through fast water) and then do the
drift back. The Saugeen, upstream of Denny's Dam, has very limited
access and wonderful stretches of water with little or no angling
pressure (the Pirate can attest to the latter). I could put in at one
of the few access points, paddle and fish up, then paddle and drift
back. It would seem to beat the canoe alternative.

Peter