RE: [VFB] canoe

[Byard Miller]

Paddling just as the ice is out is a wet and cold adventure. Also, if you try using a dodger spoon with a streamer, your arms will just about fall off to get any action. I agree to avoid a transom mount off the back - use one on the side.

A motor is a decent thing to have in a river for obvious reasons.



A Dodger!!...Chris, now you're showing your New England heritage...LOL

I have the perfect rig for that scenario...a 20' Grand Laker canoe. A style designed for fishing the Maine wilds. Made from glassed over strips of cedar, it sports birds-eye maple seats and thwarts, mahogany rails and deck and a heavy solid mahogany transom to hold the 8 hp Johnson. Not one of the pieces of wood is joined together lengthwise...including the 20' mahogany rails. A real beauty, built for me by a Maine Guide friend.

Unfortunately, I seldom get to use it anymore. It has missed the last five fishing seasons. I always make a New Year's resolution of finding the time to get it wet...but something else always gets in the way...:-(

If anyone thinks they could give this piece of art a good home, please let me know. She won't come cheap, so serious inquires only...;^)

Here's a peak... <http://www.virtualflybox.com/temp/laker/> ...the bottom three pics are of a different craft.

keep trollin'...byard