Drift Boats - advantages and disadvantages

Halfordian Golfer wrote:

In summary drift boats can be a hell of a lot of fun, but they're fun
even without the fishing aspect. Still, as my dad always said (we
realize how right Dad's are later in life), "The happiest 2 days in a
man's life are the day he buys a boat and the say he sells it".
Guilt replaced the creel.

i hate drift boat flyfishing for trout. it just aint natural. it's a
hurried tourism, not fishing, on a trout stream.

however, that said...i'm still a "wind in the willows" kinda guy. i
love messing about in boats.

jeff

jeff miller wrote:
Halfordian Golfer wrote:


In summary drift boats can be a hell of a lot of fun, but they're fun
even without the fishing aspect. Still, as my dad always said (we
realize how right Dad's are later in life), "The happiest 2 days in a
man's life are the day he buys a boat and the say he sells it".
Guilt replaced the creel.


i hate drift boat flyfishing for trout. it just aint natural. it's a
hurried tourism, not fishing, on a trout stream.

however, that said...i'm still a "wind in the willows" kinda guy. i
love messing about in boats.

jeff

I've never had much luck fishing from a drift boat -- while it's
drifting, that is. I think the boat puts the fish down. They see it
coming. Sometimes I've had good dry fly action when I can cast to the
banks and other spots away from the boat, but the floating is mostly, in
my mind, to get access to otherwise inaccessible spots for wade fishing.

There are places, notably on the San Juan and the Bighorn in my
experience, where guides can drift their clients time and again over
great holes and catch lots of fish, but that's not for me.

--
Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

"jeff miller" wrote in message
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Halfordian Golfer wrote:

In summary drift boats can be a hell of a lot of fun, but they're fun
even without the fishing aspect. Still, as my dad always said (we
realize how right Dad's are later in life), "The happiest 2 days in a
man's life are the day he buys a boat and the say he sells it".
Guilt replaced the creel.

i hate drift boat flyfishing for trout. it just aint natural. it's a
hurried tourism, not fishing, on a trout stream.

You'd better hope Uncle wally ain't tunin' in to ROFF of late!

Op

however, that said...i'm still a "wind in the willows" kinda guy. i love
messing about in boats.

jeff

Opus--Mark H. Bowen wrote:
"jeff miller" wrote in message

i hate drift boat flyfishing for trout. it just aint natural. it's a
hurried tourism, not fishing, on a trout stream.


You'd better hope Uncle wally ain't tunin' in to ROFF of late!

Op


wally and i tour the catawba in a proper manner...the ice chest is as
important as the fishing gear, which is mainly spinning rods and yozuri
lures (we're really bass fishermen catching trout). trust me...it's
nothing like the drift fleet out west.

jeff

"jeff miller" wrote in message
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Opus--Mark H. Bowen wrote:
"jeff miller" wrote in message
i hate drift boat flyfishing for trout. it just aint natural. it's a
hurried tourism, not fishing, on a trout stream.


You'd better hope Uncle wally ain't tunin' in to ROFF of late!

Op


wally and i tour the catawba in a proper manner...the ice chest is as
important as the fishing gear, which is mainly spinning rods and yozuri
lures (we're really bass fishermen catching trout). trust me...it's
nothing like the drift fleet out west.

jeff

I've always trusted you kind sir!

Op

"jeff miller" wrote in message
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Opus--Mark H. Bowen wrote:
"jeff miller" wrote in message
i hate drift boat flyfishing for trout. it just aint natural. it's a
hurried tourism, not fishing, on a trout stream.



three
main things I remember about drift boat fishing on Madison
My wife says---they ought to give you bigger napkins with this streamside
sandwich
the guide says--the Japanise and the Italians are really tipping big this
season
standing in the flyshop at end of day waiting for guide to declare how much
you owe for flies you' all used
other drifts I remember for better or worse

I remember--freezing to death on drift during Jackson Hole clave in Gink
boat---roasting todeath on some river during rock Creek clave--going
downstream on Madison with Jeff Miller and Bruiser when we were out of beer

this weekend i'm floating around in a boat with Jeff in a prehistoric
black swamp up by greenville N.C. hoping the shad have arrived so better
get off and start packing
Joe the Elder