fishinwrench

Yeah NS! I think we're programmed to blame that on the foxes, turkeys, and land practices though.

I don't have any experience with glass jons but I do have considerable experience with aluminum jons in windy/rough water. Unless your shoals absolutely demand a jet to navigate them I'd go prop, and get really good with your tilt/trim and water reading skills. Having that lower unit acting as a keel on your drifts back downstream will help alot in a stiff wind. You'll eat up a prop or two in the beginning but you can learn to run a hell of a lot shallower with a prop outboard than you might think without tearing anything up. Plus, your clients will be alot more at ease watching you finesse the rig through a skinny spot than they will while white-knuckling a shallow rock garden or sliding around a narrow bend Tokyo Drift style.. Everyone seems to think that if they can see the bottom then they need a jet pump, and that's just not true at all. Give me 14" of water over a shoal and I'm good My hangups with a jet pump are..... 1. Lousy control at slow speeds. 2. They can't hold the water in waves. 3. Jet rigged boats are flakey about load distribution. 4. Lousy control at slow speeds! (Yeah I said that twice) If navigating your stretch of river calls for crossing numerous ankle deep shoals and you have a major problem hopping out in water shallower than your knees and doing a little hike-a-boat then ya gotta have a jet, but I run."jet boat water" in prop rigged jons quite a bit and I haven't busted a gearcase or completely destroyed a prop in years.

Shiiii.... As well hung as HE is I'm assuming that they are inseparable. To tell ya the truth, I'd prefer that he wasn't around too We prolly shouldn't go into how THIS happened....

I think OA has been around longer than FB, and not much has changed here since the beginning, so..... "Outdoormans" rule!

What about a breeding pair of ceramic frogs?

Wow! I've heard stories about folks well off enough to have a second home on a lake yet they were inherently miserable and had no sense of humor.....But I just thought that was a myth. That's just sad. How does it happen? What'll ya give me for this POS?

OMG......See?!!!

Be careful what you say, because the tale of one snake can change the future of all mankind. It's like deja vu all over again. Let's hope this one keeps his mouth shut.

Ya gotta take in ALL the information man. A dude looking to buy a spincast reel for smallies wouldn't even know what a Mottled Sculpin is, much less call himself that. LMAO Though he might use one for bait....and call it a madtom.

You should be GIVING IT! Nobody can top a Lilley-style party, from what I've seen of them.

Everything the dedicated and very smart professionals know is easily searchable on google. But that's not to imply that they don't throw a wicked party. I'm sure it'll be fun.

Mitch, seriously ? I found love with the ABU Gracia 503ALB for a beater, it handles the elements of canoe/truckbed/wading life really well.

Nothing begs for smallies like a new 7wt. and a handful of olive rabbit strips. Looking forward to the trip report.

There ya go.....I rest my case.

I dunno Jerry, eagles see something they want and they just take it. Pretty accurate representative as I see it.

Ahh yes, the all too glorified White headed buzzards. I feel sorry for the crow. Nice pics!

Interpretation: They eat, drink, sell stuff, and play games for cash.

Um, well.....

A canoe with a shitter and a magazine rack? Now we're talking!

Why'd you crop your Budweiser halter top out of that bottom pic?

Cougars are alot like tornadoes.... Fascinating to look at from a distance, but when there's one in your neighborhood it makes you a bit uneasy.

If you want to cover some water, flyfishing as you float along then there's no better platform to flyfish from than a driftboat, period. Jon boat a close second. (The Towee is like the best of both worlds IMO). Toon- 3rd Canoe/kayak.....forget it!

Awesome fellas! Way to go !

Oh ok, didn't see that. It IS electric start, right? You don't wanna be strong-arming a 50 very many times

I saw some flys from Fly Stop last year and was blown away. Extremely Nice ties on good hooks, sold so cheap it made me feel like a fool for tying myself. Sheeze, I can't even buy hooks that cheap.