Andrew Wright
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Good stuff man. Looks like a great spot! I dig the mirrors too. I haven’t managed to find any of those in the waters I fish. Keep it up.
Brian,
You do have a point. The Yetis are not in any way cheap and the argument can certainly be made that there are other coolers on the market that will fulfill your needs for a fraction of the cost.That being said, I think the quality of the Yeti products are far superior to anything else I have seen and to me that is worth the price. I will typically spend a little more cash if I know I am buying a product that will stand up to hard use and will likely last me as long as I care to use it.
I know there will always be differences of opinion on things like this, but I can say for sure that I would not trade mine.
If I am not mistaken, I believe the main difference is just size. The roadie series does have a different handle, but I think the main thing is that they are smaller.
I bought the Tundra 35 which is the smallest in the tundra series, but still plenty large for everything I tend to dump in it.
Michael,
I picked up a yeti a few weeks back and I cannot say enough good about it. It is absolutely bombproof and it keeps ice for days. I use mine as a poling platform for my boat as well. It is now one of my favorite pieces of gear.As a side note, the second video in the link below shows a cool trick for preventing fly line snags on a yeti. It works, and it is super easy.
http://store.yeticoolers.com/products/TUNDRA-SEADEK-%252d-Starting-at-%2459.99.html
Do yourself a favor and buy one. You won’t regret it.
After 10 minutes it is, as you said, soft enough to be pliable, but not too soft to hold a shape. I basically clamped the edge that I wanted to flatten out between two boards and held it firmly for about 5 minutes. After that time, the material hardens to its original strength and the shape holds. Then we just sanded and shaped the rough edges with a Dremel.
Really, really, easy.
Side note: It is probably best to plan this activity for a time when the wife is away from the house. That way, she doesn’t have to see (or smell) her oven being used in such a manner. I might or might not be speaking from experience…
Andrew can you comment on how you and Thomas came up with the pole holders? They are made of PVC pipe.
You do need to paint those black. 🙂
Zach
I helped a friend of mine (Thomas Nelson) rebuild his Gheenoe a couple months back and he came up with the excellent idea of heating PVC to mold rod hooks for his boat. As a result, we discovered that there are really limitless possibilities for how PVC can be formed and used. My push pole holders are nothing more than 2″ sections of PVC that were split down the middle and then heated in the oven (325 for 10 minutes) and molded into hooks. I riveted 3 of them onto the rails facing in opposite directions which allows the pole to be easily secured out of the way. If you have ever been on a flats boat that uses a pole, you will recognize immediately that this is not a new design. I basically ripped off the molded PVC idea from Thomas and the layout of the hooks from every guide boat I have ever been on.
Nice list of headliners. I have heard of Bob Clouser, Joe Humphreys, Lefty Kreh and Tom Rosenbauer, but who is Zach Matthews?
Yeah, yeah yeah, sanded it too…
And you never let me forget how many painstaking hours you spent on it.
I believe the beam width at is widest point is 3′-8″. The pole is an 18′ piece of bamboo. Zach cut it down around the time we refinished the boat and it has worked perfectly for the past few years. It does get some funny looks though….
Peter,
They actually paddle pretty well, although we rarely paddle mine. We mostly motor to the flats and then pole.Here are a few others from the past couple of weeks.
This one was actually caught in February, but it was a good one.
A little one…
The fishing has been really good. The toughest part lately has been finding decent conditions.
They see him polin’… They hatin’…
I wanted to make sure everyone noticed this bit too.
I had nothing to do with that bit of ridiculousness. Zach came up with that one on his own…
