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 The Global FlyFisher - A Good Place to go for Online Fly Fishing and Fly TyingFish BetterFirst published November 18th 2002 - More than 11 years ago
More about: Kayak | Fish Better | Comment
My kayak endeavor actually started in a float tube. Fishing from places other than the shore or shallows gave me a taste for moving about in more than one direction when I was fishing. Up and down the bank was not enough. I wanted to get out too. The tube was neat, the kayak is ideal.
From tube to kayak
Sure, the tube is a great way to fish. It opens new water to you and brings you places that you could only dream about when you were wading or fishing from the bank. But even though the float tube is a versatile and very useful vessel, it has some drawbacks. The most important one is speed - or lack of same. In my kayak I can move along much faster than in the tube. Actually even faster than when walking on the bank. I often find myself taking the kayak to places where I intend to wade just because it brings me to new places so fast. The kayak is heavy and hard to handle alone, and you cannot pack it on a horse or in the trunk of a car. But if you have access to a car with a carrier on the roof, driving with a kayak upside down on the car is no problem. And modern kayaks are so lightweight that you should be able to tumble them by yourself.
It is all about kayaking
The article is divided into three parts:
A good book
Many books have been written on the subject of kayaking, but to my knowledge only one deals mainly with fishing, and that is Ken Daubert's "Kayakfishing: The Revolution". You can read a review of the book in our book section.
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