Australian Bass
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Zach in my opinion they have many advantages over a pontoon boat – not sure that Abel still have them but Dave Inks (google Waterstrider for all the weight details etc) is the man who developed them and also sells them in the US. These roll up into a backpack so you can travel with them and store them at home easily. There’s no metal frame. You’re lower to the water so wind is not such an issue and you have far better fin control because you have more of your legs in the water. They’re rated to grade 3 rapids. They are fantastically stable, carry 300lbs, have 3 air chambers and take 8 minutes to inflate with a foot pump – about 2 minutes with an air mattress pump.
Dave hiking into a back country lake.
Tasmanian back country lake – I fished to a 15 lb brownie that was in a hole in the middle of this lake that no one had ever boated before. It was big black nocturnal galaxid eater that followed my fly literally to the rod tip.
Back to the trip – 4 days of this and not one puncture – they are tough boats.
Nice pix Morsie…
These ones are great because they’re so easy to control with the flippers always leaving both hands free for fishing.
They’re also very agile on the river, we’ve had them down some fast water as well and didn’t have any problems picking a line.I also like all the room behind the seat, I can fit a lot of camera gear and a fishing bag.
They’re a great platform for photography being stable and dry.
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These boats are made in NZ and I didn’t even know until Morsie had informed me.! 😕
After trying his in NZ and seeing what they are capable of I know I want one!
They are incredibly tough and because you can maneuver with your feet a very good platform from which to fish.
Peter and I fished the Waiau in Southland and perhaps got to a few places rarely fished because of the boat and how Morsie could get himself into casting positions. I was in a pontoon boat and although reasonably effective, I felt the waterstrider definitely had an edge.
If you like the idea of long drfits and perhaps overnighting Zach, give one of these things a blast. I’m hoping to get one and then overnight drift a few amazing local rivers.
Morise/Dave, would you take your boats down Tongas?Hi Simon – enjoy the rugby? ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D 😮 :'(
Zach – yep we have snakes, I believe the first thirteen deadliest snake species in the world are on this continent. ::) makes for interesting times on the rivers, especially when you’re sneaking along trying to be all quiet.
Simon on the Waiau. We had an amazing couple of days drifting this big tailwater river.
Carl Mcneil on the Clutha in his pontoon, my floatboat in the foreground. I used the boat to duck into back eddies behind mid stream boulders and had some incredible fishing using tungsten nymphs and streamers on T8 shooting heads.
Simon on the Waiau.
Clutha brownie.
Clutha ‘bow
Waiau ‘bow.
Carl Mcneil fishing a seam on the Clutha. This has to be potentially the greats drift fishery on the planet yet you’ll rarely see another angler outside a few popular areas on dark. The head of fish in this river has to be seen to be believed. I truly couldn’t care less for some of the back country fishing when rivers such as this flow through towns, are teeming with untouched ‘bows and browns all from 2-4 lbs. Simon alluded to this kind of fishing in his podcast.
Morise/Dave, would you take your boats down Tongas?
Would love to..
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Simon I would also love to take them down the Big T – but in particular would like to fish the delta region out of them.
Morsie
Hi Simon – enjoy the rugby? ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D 😮 :'(
Yep and perhaps just what we needed :-[
Something to refocus on the task at hand. The real deal at the end of the year. :-/ :'( 😕
For those who were not sure. Last night Australia and NZ had a pretty decent sporting event against each other and Australia won :'(.Good Lord I can’t go anywhere these days without meeting Aussies.
Just re-upped on here and who do I find but Morsie and DA.Great job guys, as usual love your work.
Just getting settled here in Cotter, AR, after the big move, of wife, 3 kids, 2 dogs and a decent semi-trailer full of stuff.
Hi Steve,
Good to know you survived the move !
Hows the new shop ?
Are you going to explain rugby to the locals in Arkansas ?
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Hey Zach, I’m still not sure how I managed to get Simms in there alongside the feminine hygiene products, powerbait and keystone beer, but it worked LOl And I had a lot of fun over there.
BTW Charlotte’ is threatening to come fishing with me over here _ should be a lot of fun, and I need to get a spinning rod out of her hand again. Have you ever seen her cast? Really, really nice cast, Joan Wulff educated, she was in the first graduate class of Joan Wulff instructors.
Cheers
Steve
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