Favorite Drift Boat?

**TaylerW** · 04-01-2008, 09:21 PM

hmmm...

**Bill Kiene semi-retired** · 04-01-2008, 11:23 PM

Most driftboats are good but around here in Nor Cal we see lots of the guides using the fiberglass Clackacraft and Hyde.

Each company makes several models so they are all slightly different.

You might be on flat rivers or going down class III rapids daily.

**TaylerW** · 04-02-2008, 01:45 PM

i recently found out about freestone. the boats weigh around 300lbs, yet they are stronger and more durable than fiberglass. they are made out of carbon fiber and highdensity foam, which makes them unsinkable. their outer layer is actually line-x, the stuff that bedliners are made out of, they are pretty innovative.

**Bill Kiene semi-retired** · 04-16-2008, 10:29 PM

http://www.montanaboatbuilders.com/index.htm

These boats are pieces of art.............

They make all kinds of boats..............look around their web site.

**metalhead** · 04-19-2008, 07:24 PM

I have owned and rowed Willie, FishRite, Alumaweld and Metalhead boats, but for my money, Ray Jensen at Endure Boats in Medford makes the best custom prams and driftboats on the West Coast. Ray builds them one at a time in his garage and you get exactly the weight, height, color and any material as long as its aluminum, which is also my favorite. The prices are same, or less than mass produced boats here in the west.

click below and see the homepage for Endure Boats in Medford, Oregon:

http://www.endureboats.com/index.html

**FRSam** · 04-20-2008, 08:21 AM

Bill those Montana boat builders boats are true works of art. I remember looking at them a couple years back when I was in Bend looking for a drift boat. My only problem with the boat was I'd want to keep it in my living room and not get it wet....

Pete

**double ipa** · 10-07-2008, 09:27 PM

can't forget about willie drift boats, mine rows great and has clean high bow.

**Bill Kiene semi-retired** · 10-07-2008, 09:32 PM

Willie makes great boats..........there are dozen of drift boat makers.

They are made of fiberglass, aluminum and the original, wood.

**pgw** · 10-08-2008, 07:27 AM

I voted for Clackacraft...looking at their "Headhunter Skiff" for my next boat, I owned a Lavro that provided a lot of exercise (high sides acted like a sail in the wind) and was happy to sell it a few years ago.

Paul