Re: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Good fishing tandem kayak

I'm with the canoe folks... 

You want to get something at least 15' for two people, tho w/ gear and fly fishing it helps to go longer. you're just going to pay a steep price to avoid the 85lb lunker that ends up wasting away behind the shed because it's such a pain in the ass to deal with....  also remember when buying a boat, that just because you can handle x Lbs in the store or when loading up to go, the boat can feel twice as heavy when coming off the water after a long day. 

Carl -  I have a 12ft solo canoe i use for fly fishing. have had some scares in open water with storms and motorboat wakes, but otherwise i love it.  depends what size canoe you're using and what kind of water you're on. 

I have a 18 or 19 ft grumman that's now been passed down three generations and occasionally take it out solo when i'm looking to do sight casting and stand up... tho loading up that thing solo is the reason the roof of my truck is covered in dents. 

in terms of tips -- anything but short distances in calm water, move up to at least a 1/3-2/3 split. i usually sit on a cooler and just drop down to a kneel for rapids/wakes.  kayak paddles are really helpful, 210cm+ for use in canoes, especially when you're doing a paddle up and float back or covering any kind of distance. 

brad, jealous of that wenonah... amazing boat.  for those looking - if you have the cash for a royalex or kevlar setup - they're incredible. wenonah, mad river, old town and a bunch of others make great lightweight two person boats. 

On Saturday, May 2, 2015 at 9:49:26 AM UTC-4, namfos wrote:

Yeah, Gene, posting a commercial link, that'll derail this faster than you can say "Doesn't Dan look a lot like Jayson Werth but without a Porsche?" ;-)

Mark

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