06-06-2015, 06:42 PM
[#0000FF]Don't know how many Utahns remember Del Canty, from Colorado. In the 70's he spent a lot of time in Utah in his self-designed float tube system...fishing for big trout with flyrod only. He caught many big browns from the Gorge and still holds the state record for a big Kamloops rainbow (about 26#) that he caught there...fly rod and float tube.
The point of the story is that he once got caught in a sudden blow on Pyramid Lake in Nevada. Blew him and his float tube clear across that big lonely lake and he crash landed on a rocky shoreline...and nobody knew he was there. It was a couple of days before someone found and rescued him.
Yes, it is possible to get in trouble in a float tube. But it is better to stay off the lake when winds are expected...boat or float tube.
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The point of the story is that he once got caught in a sudden blow on Pyramid Lake in Nevada. Blew him and his float tube clear across that big lonely lake and he crash landed on a rocky shoreline...and nobody knew he was there. It was a couple of days before someone found and rescued him.
Yes, it is possible to get in trouble in a float tube. But it is better to stay off the lake when winds are expected...boat or float tube.
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