03-29-2005, 04:42 AM
I've been browsing your forum for a couple of weeks now. You guys have done a great job. I really appreciate the helpfulness and willingness to share that is seen by the regulars here.
I've been tubing since the mid 80s, having started out in one of the early Caddis donuts. I've used a pontoon boat for about ten years and only recently have gone back to the tube since I have access to a number of small private trout lakes. Up until I started reading your forum I was fishing out of a Caddis Navigator IV. Fly fishing is my passion. Living in the Northwest I also like to fish for Steelhead and Salmon, though not from a tube.
I was so enthused when I began reading your site that I decided to look around for another tube (My grandson is using the Caddis) and at the advice of many on this site, I bought a Fishcat 4. I'm very pleased with the quality and function of this boat. I mounted my old trusty Fishin' Buddy II on it (I've had it for a long time.) I also tricked it out by adding a clone of one of Tubedude's horizontal rod racks. Holds three fly rods, one with floating line, one with intermediate, and one with a fast sinking line. No more restringing the rod while I'm fishing. I'm looking forward to getting it out on the water soon.
Thanks for putting together such a helpful forum. If Tubedude ever gets around to publishing that book of his, I want to be one of the first to buy it.
Here's a shot of my new tube and rod rack:
![[Image: tube-2.jpg]](http://www.proaxis.com/~hwy20coc/webpages/temp1/tube-2.jpg)
Best regards,
zonker
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I've been tubing since the mid 80s, having started out in one of the early Caddis donuts. I've used a pontoon boat for about ten years and only recently have gone back to the tube since I have access to a number of small private trout lakes. Up until I started reading your forum I was fishing out of a Caddis Navigator IV. Fly fishing is my passion. Living in the Northwest I also like to fish for Steelhead and Salmon, though not from a tube.
I was so enthused when I began reading your site that I decided to look around for another tube (My grandson is using the Caddis) and at the advice of many on this site, I bought a Fishcat 4. I'm very pleased with the quality and function of this boat. I mounted my old trusty Fishin' Buddy II on it (I've had it for a long time.) I also tricked it out by adding a clone of one of Tubedude's horizontal rod racks. Holds three fly rods, one with floating line, one with intermediate, and one with a fast sinking line. No more restringing the rod while I'm fishing. I'm looking forward to getting it out on the water soon.
Thanks for putting together such a helpful forum. If Tubedude ever gets around to publishing that book of his, I want to be one of the first to buy it.
Here's a shot of my new tube and rod rack:
Best regards,
zonker
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