Hi,
In two weeks I'm going to be floating the Smith River in Montana. It's
approximately a 60 mile float that will require us to carry everything we
need with us for 4-5 days and we plan to use our pontoon boats - I have a
River Otter. Having not used the boat for overnight travel before and with
time getting shorter, it just occurred to me that I should have asked before
if anyone has any tips for carrying provisions on a pontoon boat. I plan to
take in one dry bag my sleeping bag, tent, back packing stove, water
filter, dried food and some clothes. Also plan to carry an extra oar and
rod/reel. One person in the party will have a larger river raft and has
said she would carry such things as a shovel, axe, and some of our bags.
Has anyone done this before and any suggestions?
By the way, I live in Spokane and fly fish whenever and wherever I can.
Unfortunately, I have to travel all over the US every week so most of my
excursions are limited to Eastern WA, Northern Idaho, Western Montana, and
sometimes British Columbia. I've been receiving your mail for the past year
and have found it to be quite interesting, but haven't contributed before
today.
Thanks for any replies,
Don Claridge
