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I use force fins for everything. The major
difference for me in a low sitting position vs. my Bronco pontoon is "length of
travel" when I kick. Whether because I unconsciously avoid frothing the
water for stealth's sake in the pontoon or just because the harder seat and
sitting position is so different, I use a very short stroke in the
pontoon. In the low tube I really motor. This will take more
thought, but for now I'll just say that I use the tool (fins) differently in the
different crafts.
Phil
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Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 6:54
PM
Subject: Re: Which Fins are best for
which scenario?
Well Terry, I'm too cheap to have 2 sets of fins for 2
different occasions, and I use both a floattube for the high country lakes and
a pontoon for drive up lakes. However, I WOULD like to find some of
those more lightweight folding fins for backpacking. I've finally gotten
a good pair of goretex waders (Orvis Silver label) and the difference in
weight compared to my neoprenes is eyepopping! It's so much easier to
throw the floattube, some flies, waders, reel and extra spool, and some extra
clothes into the backpack and just take off. A 4 mile hike-in lake is
much more appealing than it used to be.
I do notice that I make more surface noise with my standard Caddis
floattube fins when using my pontoon than I do with the same fins and my tube
(duh!). I imagine the force fins, as nice as they are for walking
on shore, would make even more commotion in a pontoon. I've never seen
anything other than those 2 kinds, plus the old standby scuba fins. Are
there more?
Sean
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thought I would throw out a topic that I haven’t
seen on this board yet to get some opinions about which fins to use for
O-Boats and U-Boats where you are down in the water verses those like the
Fat Cat or a pontoon boat where you are sitting out of the water for the
most part. It seems to me that the kicking motion you would use in
each of these three cases would be different, therefore up-curved fins like
the Force Fin may work better when you are down in the water and kicking by
raising and lowering your legs rather than up out of the water in the case
of the Fat Cat or pontoon where you are just bending your knee to move your
lower leg forward and back. I’d like to hear some thoughts on the
topic.
Terry Warwick
Carnation,
WA
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