Valco 8ft pram

[Steve S]

Valco 8ft Pram
Very good used condition
Always stored inside.
No leaks or patches
48" beam
Has 3 anchor cleats, 1 on the bow and 2 on either side of the stern
Includes oars
Clean title with current registration through 2017
Located in Petaluma
(4hp Mercury 2 stroke outboard available for additional $250)
Pram $600

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

Some one jump of this one........

One of the top 8 foot one person fly fishing prams.

No made anymore.

Looks like new....many are beat.

10 years ago new ones were $1000.00

Today maybe $1500 if they were still in production.

A pram like this changed my fly fishing life.

[koffler]

Agree with Bill. I have a western, identical practically to this design and a Don Hill pram. This is a boat if u take care you could have until u die. I have the western with transom wheels I put in tiny ponds on full moons in local neighborhoods and wack fish.

You can do it in a float tube etc. but this is way nicer. And if u have a truck with a 6' bed you can slide it in the back.

Good buy imo

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

The game changer is a pram....

Many of us baby boomers had the old round float tubes but in the 1970s many of us went to 8 and 10 foot prams.

Western & Valco were the popular aluminum.

Olympian, TP&L, Outback and Keaton were the tri-hull fiberglass ones.


You can row a pram, use an electric motor or a gas outboard.


We used them in ponds for bass, lakes for trout, rivers for stripers, steelhead and salmon.


**But the real big deal is that you can stand up in a pram to cast and also look down with Polarized glasses
to see the structure and even fish.


If I was not 72 I would have already bought this beauty.......

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[coltss]

Can you pm your phone and or email, thanks?

[L Kenney]

I had a couple of these, in 8 and 10 foot. They all rowed like a bar of soap but got the job done. Best thing about this one is that it was built with only one seat. Stock 8 footers had two which gave you little space for standing.

[Carl Blackledge]

Kenney,

The old 8 footers looked liked something you mixed cement in and rowed like they were full of cement, however "I think the single seater" is a lighter fly fishing model which isn't near as bad. these prams are as solid as a rock and really scoot with a gas motor because of the flat bottom, they row like crap, but are really stable, also they are really really heavy, and again the single seater is the best version.

my 2 cents

Carl Blackledge

[Terry Thomas]

Wow, that still looks like new! I believe I bought mine @1981 and still have it. True, they are on the heavy side, however, the single seater is the best way to go. $600.00 is a deal.

[lee s.]

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[Steve S]

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