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David Thatcher

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Supreme 207XP with a 60/40 jet.  Best river boat there is and I've owned 2 topwaters and this boat blows them away.  Theres a reason the majority of the fly guides ( I can think of at least 7 fly guides that run this boat).  Call Rob or Chris over at Supreme and have them get you some info.  I live in Fayetteville, if you are anywhere near here and want to take a ride in one or look at one, I would be happy to meet up with you and you can crawl around in mine and we can go for a spin on the lake. 

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8 hours ago, Aghart said:

Does the 60/40 Jet push your boat pretty well?  I am considering an L60 with the same motor setup

it does push it well and gets up on step quickly.  I'm very happy with the setup and the speed.  Supreme builds a great boat!

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Last weekend I watched a joy rider run the Meramec with a big jet, 200 HP or so. It didn’t appear the gentlemen made any attempt to read the river or select a path based on conditions, he simply ran straight down the middle and throttled up when he encountered shallow water. Judging from the chocolate water and the rocks shooting from the wake his boot and impeller got a good shine.

We ran up the river in our 21ft glass river jon, 450lbs of fishermen, ~300lbs of gear and camping luxury powered by a 20HP jet and never ate a rock.

You definitely don’t need big power as much as you need your eyes and a little sense.

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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1 hour ago, Greasy B said:

Last weekend I watched a joy rider run the Meramec with a big jet, 200 HP or so. It didn’t appear the gentlemen made any attempt to read the river or select a path based on conditions, he simply ran straight down the middle and throttled up when he encountered shallow water. Judging from the chocolate water and the rocks shooting from the wake his boot and impeller got a good shine.

 

 

We ran up the river in our 21ft glass river jon, 450lbs of fishermen, ~300lbs of gear and camping luxury powered by a 20HP jet and never ate a rock.

 

 

You definitely don’t need big power as much as you need your eyes and a little sense.

 

 

Oddly enough, as long as it doesn't bring you to a stop, hitting something while going fast does less damage than hitting it slower.    The more straight-forward momentum you have working for you the better.  

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6 hours ago, Greasy B said:

Last weekend I watched a joy rider run the Meramec with a big jet, 200 HP or so. It didn’t appear the gentlemen made any attempt to read the river or select a path based on conditions, he simply ran straight down the middle and throttled up when he encountered shallow water. Judging from the chocolate water and the rocks shooting from the wake his boot and impeller got a good shine.

 

 

We ran up the river in our 21ft glass river jon, 450lbs of fishermen, ~300lbs of gear and camping luxury powered by a 20HP jet and never ate a rock.

 

 

You definitely don’t need big power as much as you need your eyes and a little sense.

 

 

There are days on the middle meramec when it’s a steady stream of jet rockets.  Hard to mistake a a V8 doing 60. 

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