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    • #81454
      chrome22
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        Anyone see the write up ?? 😯

        c/22

      • #85789
        LarryI
        Participant

          Yes, I did read the article and had a question regarding the rafts used to fish the lakes. Can someone provide names of recommended lightweight rafts?

          Thanks In Advance

        • #85790
          Brian Curtis
          Keymaster

            There’s another discussion of the article in this thread.

            The rafts we’re using are Curtis Rafts. They are 20 oz rafts that my dad and I used to make. We retired about a year and a half ago after 26 years. The best current alternative is the Alpacka Raft out of Alaska. They are designed for river running so they are heavier and more expensive, but they make excellent products.

          • #85791

            Brian,

            Thanks for the information. Sorry to hear you stopped making your rafts! Will check out the Alpackas.

            Larry

          • #85792
            chrome22
            Participant

              Brian, your fishing raft reminds me of the yellow WWII Airmans survival raft my dad passed down to me.

              He hiked it in to a number of lakes in the 40’s & 50’s & then I did in the 70 & 80’s. We used ping pong paddles for little oars, drilled the handles & ran a 4′ cord from one to the other. That way when we hooked a fish pulling a spinner along, we could just let them go & grab the rod…… 😀

              c/22

            • #85793
              Brian Curtis
              Keymaster

                Those Air Force surplus rafts were our inspiration. We used them, too. But they would wear out and then they stopped being available. It was in the mid-seventies that my uncle started coming up with his own ultra-light versions and in the late seventies that we came up with our rafts. We started selling them in 1980.

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