Rube meets pontoon - first trip

Flyfish wrote in
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creative snippage here and there of a good TR

As someone else mentioned the pontoons don't track in a straight line.
the little andy is a small river and I found myself making frequent
adjustments to the drift, which precluded stowing the oars. Hence the
oars were in the way all the time. I can see why some people also use
fins, I'll take mine next time, it was an oversight forgetting them.
Flyfish

...that has been my major complaint with my pontoon boat Dave, the oars
seem to reach out and grab my flyline unless I "stow" them parallel to
the pontoons and out of the way of my casting. The solution I found is to
anchor, stow the oars, then fish out the area, up anchor and move on a
bit. I *bought* a really nice heavy mesh "anchor bag" at Cabelas, fill it
with rocks and there you have a "no snag" anchor. Should work fine in
light to moderate current. My boat only weighs 15 lbs so not much weight
would be needed to keep it in place. As has been suggested here earlier,
some drag a 6' length of chain to slow down the drift and I should think
that would keep the pointy end where you want it. I wonder about the
noise of it on the rocks, seems like that would spook the fish way before
you get in range. Anybody tried this method of drift fishing?

Frank Church
**bought is really a misnomer..I use a Cabelas Visa card and earn points
(1%) Doesn't sound like much but I average $12,000 +/- a year on the
card, mostly gas purchases for my on the road travels, also, I make a
point of using the card for any major purchase to build up the points.
Helluva deal for me.