On Sunday 03 August 2003 03:59 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The one thing you don't want to do is ever anchor a boat by the stern. If a > larger boat comes along the wake will swamp you and the boat will sink and > you may noit survive either. > > I have been in the Coast Guard for 14 years and can't begin to tell you of > the number of rescues, sinkings and drownings that have happen because a > boat was anchored by the stern. DON'T DO IT !!!
But on a small lake, with only electrics, or small gas motors the wakes are not large enough to swamp a boat. And the only way to fish chironomids or other still water patterns slowly is by double anchoring. And this is not double anchoring for an overnight stay, this is bad double anchoring without much scope on the anchor lines, to keep the boat stiller than it would be without the anchors. Thanks for the reminder, as we may need to remember this on bigger lakes, since double anchoring is quite common for fly fishing. -- In my family there was no clear line between religion and fly fishing. Norman Maclean
