Re: [VFB] A question about drift/drifting...

[Junaid Hassan]

The best form of drifting is inner tubing! go in a normal inner tube and big 
controlling flippers on the feet and a big hat on your head and a flyrod in 
the hand.......

1) your profile is low so the fish don't spook so easily
2) no splashing form the oars so less fish spooked
3) not so many waes form an inner-tube (in my experience) so even less fish 
spooked
4) usually, you're drifting with the current in an inner tube so the line is 
often drifting evenly
5) a durable tube (inner-tractor tube with some heavy covering (canvas or 
kevlar)) will ounce off any big rocks at even a reasonable speed without any 
damage to you or the tube, so another safety factor
6) i often tie a bright guide rope (flourescent yellow) around my waist so 
if i fall out, about thirty feet of rope will uncoil with one end tied 
around any side of he tube, so i always have a lifeline to a flotation 
device.
7) no rod holders, but if you are enterprising, some may be attached

however......
1) because it is all round, it might be difficult to aim at a certain spot 
but a little practice with the flippers will do it.
2) its not solid foam or anything like that so a puncture on a big river 
isn't the best thing.....(ANY inner tubes must be VERY carefully checked for 
leakage).

SJHassan, from MD.

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