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Product and Photo Gallery fly fishing fly fishing dragon fly 13.5 with jpw frame
WATER READY 13 AND 14 FT 2 PERSON FISHING CATS These fishing catarafts are the right boat to have, if you want to take a friend or a spouse fishing with you. Leave one frame behind and operate it solo if you like to go alone. Take both frames and there is enough room for 2 or more. Extra tube length means extra capacity. This boat is suitable for white water because of its long waterline, and wide stance. We recommend 8 ft oars. This boat is designed for river fishing. The boat in this picture is 13 ft long, but is offered in lengths up to 16 ft, with capacity for 3 fishermen if another pod is added to the frame configuration. The tubes are manufactured by Jack's Plastic Welding, and water ready manufactures the frames. Water Ready is located in the heart of the best salmon and steelhead fishing in the lower 48 states. Visit their web site www.waterready.com. FLY FISHING CATARAFT SYSTEM 2214 TUBES This fly fishing cataraft system is built on customized 2214 tubes. Our 2214 tubes were originally only in the custom tube styles portion of our web site, but will now is offered as a standard product in 2005. The frame pictured here was custom designed by Ron Ferris of RiverBoat Works in Salida Co. Our customer wanted a system that he could use in low water in Colorado, The larger flows of the Sacramento River, or out in the ocean with a small outboard motor. Have a look at the back end where the motor goes. This cataraft system has nice drop bags, diamond plate deck floors, and 2 stand up positions and a huge strip net. I included this in the site because it has some very great features that are not found in run of the mill products from the larger suppliers, and this is definitely not something that you can get from China or Korea. If you want to do some serious expeditionary fishing, and have a great whitewater gear boat to boot. This is a great frame set up. Note the strip baskets and swivel seats. This full frame concept puts the entire weight of the gear and passenger load along the length of the tubes. This frame is built by Down River Equipment Co. In Denver Co. fly fishing daddy cat modular frame This is another example of a Daddy cat rigged for fly fishing. One of the nice features about this system is the modular concept. Even the modules are modular, in that the stand up bars are removable, and so is the diamond plate. In this way, you can have a whitewater boat, a fishing boat, of just go day tripping with your row module, and it all fits on a Daddy Cat. For More information visit www.riversports.com. This can be also be configured for 4 paddlers and an oarsman for the most serious whitewater In some circumstances a pole may be the better method of locomotion. Many anglers are finding it easier to find the fish while standing, and using a pole in the shallower water. This pole is made by Cataract Shafts, and is a lightweight filament wound fiberglass shaft with two different ends. One end has a sharp rubber tip for pushing against rocks, and the other end is flat to push against a soft sediment base. The Cutthroat 2 is an excellent boat for expeditionary fishing trips. This narrow boat can squeeze down between the rocks when the water is low, and the fishing is good, and still take function as the trip support boat. In this photo, the boat has 80-qt cooler, fire pan, porta poty, and Paco Pads and bags. It was carrying all the kitchen supplies, beer, and food, plus 3 people's camping gear. Dougs souped up Grizzley fishing system Dougs black bear Grizzley is an earlier model. He put a motor on it, and fish finder, and an umbrella. He brings us trout on occasion. At on time the shop fridge was full of trout fillets. It is wonderful to have customers who like their boats that much. fly fishing 13.5 dragonfly with dre frame Have a look at this fly fishing frame from Down River Equipment. This has all the bells and whistles, including a stand up bar in the back, includes anchor system, strip basket on the front, and swivel captains chair. The DragonFly has features that allow it to perform much more like a dory than any other inflatable raft. The raised inflatable drop stitch floor gives both tracking and hull speed to this boat that can not be obtained by any other craft. Drop the anchor, and the boat holds steady in the current. Take a couple of strokes and you are amazed at the acceleration, and the ease that this boat can be held in the current with just a few strokes. The fishermen can stand on the drop stitch floor without the fatigue of hard diamond plate or wood decks. The absence of these decks helps make the system more affordable, light and transportable. It can ride on the top of a car inflated. This whole system weighs in at around 175 lbs. The narrow beam allows the boat to slip down streams that are inaccessible to dories in the later part of the season when the fishing improves. Tubes carry a ten-year warranty. Visit Down River Equipment web site for more information on their frames. fly fishing, standing in a Cutthroat2 Customers often ask me how stable the cutthroat is. I hope that this picture answers the question. Note that the boat will not turn over, but some lean bars may be a good thing if you hooked a lunker. A deck board could easily be installed on top of the tubes if a fisherman wanted to get higher. 10 FT CATS ARE NOT MADE FOR BIG WHITE WATER In this picture you may be able to figure out what is happening. The whole story is located here inside our web site. This is a 10 ft cat 19 inches in diameter. The owner is swimming somewhere in the malestrom, while his boat cartwheels inside of this mass of swirling whitewater. The owner lived. Customers purchase Cutthroats for fishing because they fill these requirements. The boat is lightweight, It can carry 1 or 2 people on very shallow or narrow rivers, It will carry a lot of gear for an extended river trip, it is easy to transport or ship, and it has the capability to do serious white water. Customers can use Fat Cat frames on the cutthroat tubes if they want to achieve lightweight for packing or flying in. If the river is too narrow for oars, it can be paddled. This system increases river Access capability. For Example one of our customers uses the Cutthroat as a fishing craft inside the Washington DC beltway because the Potomac river gets very low and rocky in the summer, and he can carry the boat on top of his car. fly fishing pontoon boats - Fly Fishing Equiment for Serious Fly fishermen The 10 ft Water Ready > (item number 4352wr) fly fishing equipment system has fly fishing pontoons 10 ft long and 19 inches in diameter. It uses a small cataraft frame. This system is for fly fishing enthusiasts who want to have a personal fly fishing boat that can carry extra cargo. For example if needed for an overnight or extended trip. The solid deck for standing casting and retrieving fish is a popular feature of this craft. Note the stability that the fly fisherman has. These fishing pontoon boats will float a fisherman over very shallow water where dories can not go. It is designed for river fishing, however a trolling motor can easily be added to the standard motor mount for fly fishing on lakes. The tubes are manufactured by Jack's Plastic Welding, and Water Ready manufactures the frames. Water Ready is located in the heart of the best salmon and steelhead fishing in the lower 48 states where fly fishing equipment really takes a beating. Visit Water Ready's web site for more fly fishing pontoon boat styles. www.waterready.com Our Boat Specification Table Has pictures and drawings with dimensioned part locations. Cataraft Draft Vs Load will tell you how much weight you can expect to put on a set of tubes and how deep in the water it will sink. Customized tube styles and prices can be seen by following this link. If you do not see what you want or can use in the standard product list, This link will give you a place to find the cost of extra length, extra baffles, double bottoms, and top chafe as well as D rings, and handles. Here is another type of cataraft that is used in Michigan for outfitter fishing trips. The style is specific to the type of fishing and the rivers in Michigan. I will let Jay Niederstadt tell you in his own words how it works. DRAGONFLY CARRIES 3 ON FISHING TRIP We needed some photographs of the Dragonfly in action as a fly fishing boat. We had this great Down River Equipment frame and I needed to visit some dealers in Montana so I headed up there on October 15 2004. We did not kill them, but we didn’t get skunked either. This system has a great anchor system, and even with 3 people and gear it is extremely light and fast on the water. The drop stitch inflatable floor is recessed inside of the main tubes 2.5 inches. The combination of that recessed floor, the tapered tubes, and the low angle of kick, gives this boat a fast hull speed. See the boat specification chart if you are interested in this or our other new 15.5 ft design with 22 inch tubes. Here is what Darryl Osburn said about our new mosquito 13 lb kick raft. They tried it out on the Bitterrood River in Montana. Darryl was our first inflatable customer, and was the first person in the USA to sell pontoon fishing boats (Water Otter), so he knows his stuff. He has been doing it since the early 1980's... Jack |
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