Picture of your boat?

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

Lets put a picture of our boats or even past boats on the message board.



This is Andy Guibord in his 8' Keaton fiberglass tri-hull.

[Langenbeck]

Valco 8 foot pram that is now going on 31 years old. Paid a guy $100 for it.

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

Great Gordon,

Finally a picture of you.

That boat still looks new. Probably worth $500 now?

Can see where the old 'CF' number was.

Joe Shirshac still uses his 8' Valco pram on the American with a small 6hp outboard for Stripers in the Spring and summer.

I will try to get a picture of him in it.

Here is andy with his 8' Keaton fiberglass tri-hull.




Boats are really cool.......

[Ryan]

This is my two man pontoon boat. It is pretty much brand new, I have used it four times, once down the American, once down the Sac, and the other two times were at lake Amador. Lots of fun, and still learning how to row it from point A to point B. And I have only almost killed myself (and my friend) only one times so far.

Here's a pic of the boat, it's kind of dark (Thanks for showing me how to post this pic Adam)



Kind of a funny story to this picture... I went with the guy who taught me how to fly fish... his name is Rick, well, Rick used to drift the sac alot. And we decided to drift from the Posse grounds down to... I forget what our takeout was called, but it was the one that is right after the third bridge from the Posse grounds (pretty short drift).

Well, it was getting dark, and Rick saw the bridge (the one in the pic) and thought our takeout was below that one, so he said we have a little more time to fish before dark. But by the time we stopped fishing and began to drift to our takeout he said. "Ryan... I think I might have just made an ass out of myself." And it turned out our takeout was after the next bridge, and not the one in the background! So we drifted about 45 minutes in the dark. Sort of scarry, really cold, but fun. A great end to a lousy... but fun day of fishing![img][/img]

[DonCooksey]

Bill:

I'll have to wait until I return to Michigan this summer to take a photo of my familiy's old drift boat that I use every year, but it looks like this one, except for the modern seats that we don't have. It is an Au Sable Riverboat, which is usually about 24 ft long by 2.5 ft wide, with a flat bottom. They were first build in the 1870s, and they are great for a guide in the back, plus one or two more fishermen who are spread out comfortably. These days, many fishermen put a trolling motor on the back, but traditionally, you controlled these boats with a long pole (that's what I do), and one can even pole the boat upstream for long distances (miles). Ours dates back probably 60 years, but they still make them in the Grayling area. I wonder why long, slim boats have not caught on elsewhere, such as the west? I realize that the typical pine or cedar Au Sable Riverboat would probably be smashed to splinters on boulders in many western rivers, but the basic concept of a long narrow boat is so conducive to fly fishing, that I wonder why it has not been developed further. Any thoughts on this design vs. the typical western drift boat that crams fly fishermen into dangerously close contact?

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[Darian]

Hi Don,..... Do you mean the long, slim, flat bottom design shown in the picture I have a 17' Old Town canoe that measures about 36" wide. Kayaks are long, slim designed.....

Even tho it's obviously an elegant design, maybe there just isn't any market for them out here......

[LostInTheFog]

On the Rogue...



BTW, cool boat Don Cooksey!

[Rob]

I have a 9' pontoon and this new Kayak.
Rob