I and 3 other people floated the Smith about 5 years ago with pontoon boats
with a family in a raft. We had a great trip except for the off color water
put a crimp in the fishing. I too live in Spokane so give me a call at
922-3422, maybe I can help you.
Dell
----- Original Message -----
From: jcrosby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2000 7:47 AM
Subject: Re: Floating the Smith River
> If no one on the list can answer your question get back with me on it. I
> know an insurance man, Jim Rivetts, who lives in Issaquah who made the run
> with a group of guys several years ago. Jere Crosby
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Don Claridge Claridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2000 4:06 AM
> Subject: Floating the Smith River
>
>
> > 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
> >
> >
>
>
