10-23-2003, 04:56 PM
[cool]Right you are...on all counts. You can carry whatever you are willing to suffer through...and whatever your size and stamina allows. I also agree that I prefer the tougher air chambers for most fishing. However, for wimpy soft rayed fishes like trout, it is not as much of a consideration.
Down here in Arizona, we not only have to worry about spiny rayed fishes, but we have to be careful about bumping into the plant life on the way to the water. There are a hundred different kinds of spiny cactuses and just as many different bushes and trees with sharp points. Once careless encounter with the local flora and your craft will quickly lose it's lovely shape when you are on the water. The worst sound you can hear when you sit back to start fishing is P-S-S-S-S-S-S. Almost as bad as hearing a rattlesnake in the trail when you are headed back to the car in the dark.
The tube that FB2 is talking about is one I handed down to him when I made a move to a Kennebec. It has the top grade thick 22" tube too. It works fine for protection, but does have the weight thing going against it.
You mentioned that you don't want to carry a fully inflated tube in a stiff breeze. You should see what happens when someone tries to carry one strapped onto their back while riding a bike or motorcycle. The first vehicle that passes them...pushing air as they go...and if they don't go airborne they get dumped on the side of the road. Not recommended.
How has the fall fishing been in Colorado?
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Down here in Arizona, we not only have to worry about spiny rayed fishes, but we have to be careful about bumping into the plant life on the way to the water. There are a hundred different kinds of spiny cactuses and just as many different bushes and trees with sharp points. Once careless encounter with the local flora and your craft will quickly lose it's lovely shape when you are on the water. The worst sound you can hear when you sit back to start fishing is P-S-S-S-S-S-S. Almost as bad as hearing a rattlesnake in the trail when you are headed back to the car in the dark.
The tube that FB2 is talking about is one I handed down to him when I made a move to a Kennebec. It has the top grade thick 22" tube too. It works fine for protection, but does have the weight thing going against it.
You mentioned that you don't want to carry a fully inflated tube in a stiff breeze. You should see what happens when someone tries to carry one strapped onto their back while riding a bike or motorcycle. The first vehicle that passes them...pushing air as they go...and if they don't go airborne they get dumped on the side of the road. Not recommended.
How has the fall fishing been in Colorado?
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