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Take a look at materials like Sea Deck. You can buy it by the roll and fit it to your boat. There are knockoffs on ebay
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Actually, I think the ones mixed with the wolf tracks are grizzly tracks also. Pads are almost straight across and the claw holes are far from the pads. Black bear pads are curved and the claw holes are close.
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How tall is that compartment the rowers seat is on? I have been towing with the idea of something similar to put a cooler in for camping/fishing trips to center the weight.
Mark
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Try Greg Tatman Boats in OR. They used to have a 14' driftboat. The interior (seats, layout, hardware) looks exactly like the 16' boat I had built from them.
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So would you put the rowers seat at the dead center of level? Or would it be better to be able to move the rowers seat back and forth a bit depending on the location of the "load". 1 fisherman in the front only, 1 for and aft, gear, etc.
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As the past owner of a boat with the gunwales built as Jeremy describes, I have to completely agree with his assessment. Great tie downs on the inside and handles that are solid when you grab them, especially in the middle of a river. When you grab the inside gunwale, you pull the gunwale into the block, pulling it against the side and the stiff outside gunwale. If that makes sense. I "th
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I have also learned a better way to start and finish the hackle. I also realized the email at the end of the video is not correct anymore. Sandy has my email and I believe will give it to you if contact him.
Mark
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Yes. Did it help? The one issue I'm having right now is I don't feel I have the color correct, and, finding an original Sandy Mite to see the color is difficult to say the least.
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As an avid fly tier, my list of materials collected over the years has become staggering, my fly boxes more numerous and my vest heavier. You just have to try out the new things you see out there to see if it really is "magic". But, do you really need to? Some of the most productive flies going are literally the simplest to tie. A gray hackle peacock, or starling and peacock will ab
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Who is it who makes the roto-molded drift boats?
Hog Island. My cousin has one, rows exactly like that, a pig. Very heavy. I can literally row circles around it with my raft.
Mark
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Sandy, You need to try your Dayak on this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoT3DrFs7R8
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I'm not so sure I would want someone standing on the deck of a boat as it rolls down the Madison R. or other such streams. While having some elevation would be great to cast from, one good rock hit and they're in the water headfirst.
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So would you run the stretch below Lava Cr? One long nasty looking rapid, especially early in the season. I'm sure that gigantic rock at the head of it has more than a few ghosts hovering around it.......
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ctowles, please excuse my ignorance on this subject. I am hoping to start building a boat soon and am really interested in this method. Why would vacuum bagging not be preferable on glass over plywood?
"I think it's one of those things where you should pick your battles and use it places it's important and skip it on little stuff and anywhere that there is glass over plywood
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Dang it. Guess I need to follow my own advice and read all the posts. Sorry about the bark at you Larry, my mistake.
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Dude, chill a little read his first post again. He bought one and was thanking you for the suggestion. His question was, do you think they could hold the bottom down instead of stitching it. And I believe the idea behind this forum is so people can ask plenty of questions.
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Look for an 00-03 F250 7.3L powerstroke diesel with 100k or so miles. Have patience, you'll find one. Will still outlast any 2 new engines and will pull a house. We average 18-21 mpg with ours traveling between 70 and 75 on the highways. Pull a trailer and it drops a little but not much. Will easily pull any grade you have. Cold weather? Run 5-40 synthetic rotella, make sure the batte
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Where do you work? We share the same occupation. PM me if you want
Mark
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I didn't want to hijack the Getting started thread so here goes.
Sandy, you mentioned one of the issues with plascore might be delamination. I've been thinking some about this issue and spoke with a materials/structural engineer friend who worked for Northrup Grumman, about this topic. The issue being, would it be better to bend the bottom material (plascore, plywood, foam, whatever)
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and the scenery is nice too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1Ul9F13vXE
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Sandy,
Check this guy out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZG8YmCy1XU
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I was just talking the other night with a friend in Oregon who has a small pond with some rather large trout in it. He watched an 18" garter snake swimming across it. Halfway across, a 6 lb Kamloops Rainbow demolished it. Nothing floated to the surface. After watching a very large brown trout attack a 15" brown trout my son had on, on the Green River, I don't think you could re
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This is the kind of rack you should look at. Solid, extremely well made, doesn't wobble on your trailer hitch thanks to the simple bracket they made for it. I carry my Yamaha WR250R on it with the trailer behind it. That size bike makes it easy to go up a highway legally and at highway speeds such as I-5 in CA. But it is still light enough to handle easily. Look for them on Craigslist.
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Did you get a good chance to pull your oars this year? How do you like the shape of the blades? Do they work as you expected, ie, taking a full bite with a shallower dip of the blades?
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Sandy, There is a very simple technique for doing this. You could literally use the largest mallard flank on your smallest hook and have it come out perfect. I'll try to video it for you. Actually it is the same way Cal Bird hackles a Bird's Nest. Maybe I'll just do that fly for you.
Mark
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Sandy, You said the Bivisible used to be your favorite dry. That's another one that for some reason has always interested me but I never tied one. What size did you use? Any guess what the fish took it for?
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