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I'm in the same situation. I just accept that I need to go slower
in the pontoon, but really motor down in the tube! If I need to pick
up the pace in the pontoon, it's usually because I need to get somewhere
to fish, and that's what the oars are for!
But after reading Denny Rickard's article in March's Flyfisherman about
slowing down my retrieve, I think I've had better success in the pontoon
lately. Like you say, there's two sides to that hammer...
Sean
Karen Crandall & Phil Marie-Rose wrote:
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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