03-06-2007, 05:59 PM
[cool][#0000ff]You have already been given good advice by our experienced tubing council. All I can say is that round tubes are dinosaurs. There is ABSOLUTELY NO GOOD REASON for anyone to ever buy and use a round tube. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I was one of the original tubers, as a kid in California and have been doing it over 50 years. I used round tubes for many years, but only because there was nothing else available and I did not know better. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]If the single reason given by the "guide" is that he likes to lean forward, he is really not in touch with the real world. I suggest that he has never fished from an open front craft. If he even knows how to use a computer, he is probably using a "wood burning" model that runs on DOS.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]As some other members have suggested, the ease, comfort and safety of launching and beaching from an open front tube is a good reason to go that route. But, there are lots of other reasons too.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Welcome aboard and good luck.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I was one of the original tubers, as a kid in California and have been doing it over 50 years. I used round tubes for many years, but only because there was nothing else available and I did not know better. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]If the single reason given by the "guide" is that he likes to lean forward, he is really not in touch with the real world. I suggest that he has never fished from an open front craft. If he even knows how to use a computer, he is probably using a "wood burning" model that runs on DOS.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]As some other members have suggested, the ease, comfort and safety of launching and beaching from an open front tube is a good reason to go that route. But, there are lots of other reasons too.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Welcome aboard and good luck.[/#0000ff]
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