Greasy B Posted October 6, 2013 Posted October 6, 2013 I guess all the room a River Jon has isn't that important for one day or half day trips but the bro and I just finished a 7 day trip, 5 of those days were 12 hours long. We had 5 tackle bags, 3 nine foot fly rods, 3 baitcasters, 2 spinning rods and 2 catfish rod all rigged and splayed for easy reach and enough room that they almost never tangled, I never tripped over any and all were tucked within the gunwales. His father touches the Claw in spite of Kevin's warnings and breaks two legs just as a thunderstorm tears the house apart. Kevin runs away with the Claw. He becomes captain of the Greasy Bastard, a small ship carrying rubber goods between England and Burma. Michael Palin, Terry Jones, 1974
Members Nail24 Posted October 6, 2013 Members Posted October 6, 2013 I've got a soft deck on the starboard side of the aft deck. The 3/8" plywood used as the core was not marine grade. I'll be cutting it out and replacing it to shore up the fiberglas shell on top.
LittleRedFisherman Posted October 6, 2013 Posted October 6, 2013 Okay...can anybody tell me what the advantages are to a fiberglass boat of this kind over the usual aluminum, if you're going to use it with trolling motor and jet? Pretty much everything Ham and Greasy keyed in on, I love my supreme for all those reasons, I"d say that AFF boat would be similar. I feel like they also float better, when not on plane, you can drift over some shallow stuff at Idle as well. Mines the 48 inch model, so it's smaller than this boat pictured here looks like. When you get into the Arkansas Ozarks, these boats I feel are actually the norm. On the White and Little Red rivers, this is what you see most of the time. The sure do slide over rocks better, but not sure what a direct hit would be like, hope to never find out to compare..lol After using mine around here in the Delta part of the state, got a couple guys interested in one. I caught a mess of flathead last year on the St. Francis when a couple "ole river rats" told me the river was to low to run during the drought. I went anywhere I wanted to in mine! There's no such thing, as a bad day fishing!
Members Nail24 Posted October 6, 2013 Members Posted October 6, 2013 Although I'm a "catch 'n release" fisherman, the only feature I don't have is a live well for flats fishing in the Florida Keys. I'm considering converting the storage area under the seat on the fore side of the center console. Any thoughts?
hoglaw Posted October 7, 2013 Author Posted October 7, 2013 Not sure about the live well. I have a much larger back deck than yours since I don't have the center console. I have a live well and dry storage there. Had it out in steady 20mph plus wind on the elk today. Caught a bunch and it floated way better in the stiff wind than my old shawnee.
Members Nail24 Posted October 7, 2013 Members Posted October 7, 2013 The boat has a very low profile except for the motor and windscreen. Just enough drift to allow me to drift a Carolina rig worm across structure if I'm bass fishing. The large clear deck on the bow allows uncluttered fly fishing.
marcusearlt Posted October 12, 2013 Posted October 12, 2013 HOGLAW- I really want to go to the Elk in my jet boat. I see there is an access at Mount Shira. Is that the one you used or did you use a bank from a campground? I don't think there will be a terrible amount of paddlers out and I just need to run some gas through as well. Thanks... "If people don't occasionally walk away from you shaking their heads, you're doing something wrong." John Gierach
hoglaw Posted October 14, 2013 Author Posted October 14, 2013 Sorry for the late response. I did not put in at mt shira. I accessed at a campground at shady lake
Members Nail24 Posted October 17, 2013 Members Posted October 17, 2013 Had a long talk with John Miskelley, designer/builder of the AFF boats today. learned much about how the boat is constructed and who built the seats.
Greasy B Posted October 17, 2013 Posted October 17, 2013 I have been looking for their web site, no luck. His father touches the Claw in spite of Kevin's warnings and breaks two legs just as a thunderstorm tears the house apart. Kevin runs away with the Claw. He becomes captain of the Greasy Bastard, a small ship carrying rubber goods between England and Burma. Michael Palin, Terry Jones, 1974
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