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Cool stuff, JT; I like it.  What’s that long fish midway down that looks kinda like a huge rainbow runner?

Zach

Thanks, Zach – appreciate it.

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Zach,

If there is one thing I have come to realize about boats. You can’t have it all in one boat. you can come close with some for say local waters but there is always another river, or body of water that suits another type of hull etc. If you want to row and love the romance of a motor less vessel then that sounds like a great place to start. You may find in a few years that a jon with a jet will work better. Or like some, you could end up with more than one.

Chad

Word.

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Does it have a brace for the person up front?  I am looking at either a toon or a raft for some of the local rivers that are too skinny for my drift boat and am interested……………why don’t you haul that up here and let me row you down the drink a few times as a kind of test drive?

Yeah, it’s got a lean bar with a mesh apron protruding from it.

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Zach,

I would really look into the jon with a jet.  You can row, jet, and you don’t have to worry about a shuttle, which is the one thing I hate about drift boats.

Zach – I agree with Lando; the shuttle sucks.  That said, I row a 13 ft. two man pontoon made by north fork outdoors and love it.  NFO is a tough company to love, but the boat itself is fantastic.  It’ll take a small outboard, too.  I can only speak for myself, but the boat has turned out to be a ‘hot whip.’

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They seem to be in that ‘tweener’ category for financing.

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Dave Matthews, Alice In Chains, Pearl Jam, Matisyahu, Everybodyfields, Jill Andrews, Yonder Mountain, Avett Bros, David Crowder Band, Kings of Leon…

+1 Matisyahu.

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looks lilke fun.

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Is that Lake Michigan?

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Nicely done.

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Just my two cents, but you should really cast as many rods as you possibly can before buying one.

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I suggest a good 11 weight.

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Oh, well that’s helpful.

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Sucker-

Is that thing spilling eggs?

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Suckers will get you there (if you fish a really long drift)!

Carp are a gas.  Recycled pic of one such fish on my 4 weight in the same stream:

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Thanks!

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Lamson Litespeed

Lamson Velocity

While a guy can certainly get a more hardened finish for more money, I’m a huge fan of Lamson’s Konic.  It’s cast aluminum, but features the same drag system as their entire line, and that’s what matters to me.  I fish a Konic 3.5 on my 6 – weights for bass, pike and light saltwater.  I love that I can interchange my lines easily.  For example, for my 6 weight, I have  a spool with RIO Gold for nymphing and such, and a spool with RIO Grand for streamers and really big indicator rigs.  Same goes for my 7 and 8 – the flexibility, especially with sinking lines, is key for me.

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Todd, thanks.

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Thanks, guys – kind of y’all to be so welcoming.

Anyone in the southwest, by chance?

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Welcome JT great pictures.  I had to laugh at the first shot with the plastic car, beer bottle and grill in the background looks just like my house.
MS

Thanks for the welcome, Mark.

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Budget doesn’t allow an $800 Helios.. But a Scott A3, Redington, TFO or Dec Hogan is in the range.  I appreciate your comments.

Hi there – new here.

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