Mine mostly gets used for gutting and beheading tuna before going in the ice
What have you done for your boat lately?
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Paige
Wishing I was fishing the Sauk
You should see the Westport deckhands cark tuna in rough seas on the run back in. Very impressive no one has slit a throat or stabbed themselves, all the while 1000s of gallons of water dumping on them too boot!
Landlocked
Steelhead
Welp, just spent more on a butt rest than I ever thought I would. But (no pun intended) got a show special discount and am looking forward to planting my fat arse in this, especially in hot weather! Lots of really innovative products from this company, and all hand machined in a little shop in SLC. His nets and net systems are going to make other boat nets very meh...
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This is a shop in Salt Lake ? If so I will have let my friend know , we both live just north of SLC .
Landlocked
Steelhead
Yes, he's in Murray just east of I-15.
Thanks ,will have to check it out .
Trout Trekker
Steelhead
Ordered the new Hyde last October for a March '26 build, picked her up last week. Here it is on the homeward bound leg of the trip just south of Idaho Falls, ID - just a short 1,100 mile run home.
As I once read in the Wind in the Willows....
This year I decided to do a couple things…
first, I put in a better floor at the bow so I could maybe take my aging dog along sometime.
Prolly have to do a couple runs on some local still water first to figure out a Dog Over Board drill cuz knowing her, she'll just jump out whenever she feels like it.
Second ( and more fun) I MacGyvered a removable casting brace for the back of the boat.
I wanted something that would:
-provide me with a little stand casting stability at the tiller area,
-still allow me to use the oars,
-be quick and easy to remove,
-and not be a trip hazard when not in place.
I also didn't want to spend a ton of loot.
So I found a $5 flat screen TV stand and a free back rest from a 70's era kitchen chair and went to town.
First I removed the naugahyde & foam and then re-used the curved press board backrest support to come up with the thigh brace
Then I spent a while trying to figure out the quick release floor attachment.
After some lengthy boat and wood working porn deep dives I stumbled upon screw in wood inserts
and then I re worked some $1 ReStore levered knobs
and then cut and re stapled the foam cushion and naugahyde to make this beauty
and all for about $20
…of course I’ll let y’all know if the lack of engineering or safety standards ends up being a factor and I end up in the drink
This year I decided to do a couple things…
first, I put in a better floor at the bow so I could maybe take my aging dog along sometime.
Prolly have to do a couple runs on some local still water first to figure out a Dog Over Board drill cuz knowing her, she'll just jump out whenever she feels like it.
Second ( and more fun) I MacGyvered a removable casting brace for the back of the boat.
I wanted something that would:
-provide me with a little stand casting stability at the tiller area,
-still allow me to use the oars,
-be quick and easy to remove,
-and not be a trip hazard when not in place.
I also didn't want to spend a ton of loot.
So I found a $5 flat screen TV stand and a free back rest from a 70's era kitchen chair and went to town.
First I removed the naugahyde & foam and then re-used the curved press board backrest support to come up with the thigh brace
Then I spent a while trying to figure out the quick release floor attachment.
After some lengthy boat and wood working porn deep dives I stumbled upon screw in wood inserts
and then I re worked some $1 ReStore levered knobs
and then cut and re stapled the foam cushion and naugahyde to make this beauty
and all for about $20
…of course I’ll let y’all know if the lack of engineering or safety standards ends up being a factor and I end up in the drink
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That's probably my favorite quote from any book ever.As I once read in the Wind in the Willows....
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This year I decided to do a couple things…
first, I put in a better floor at the bow so I could maybe take my aging dog along sometime.
View attachment 182170
Prolly have to do a couple runs on some local still water first to figure out a Dog Over Board drill cuz knowing her, she'll just jump out whenever she feels like it.
Second ( and more fun) I MacGyvered a removable casting brace for the back of the boat.
I wanted something that would:
-provide me with a little stand casting stability at the tiller area,
-still allow me to use the oars,
-be quick and easy to remove,
-and not be a trip hazard when not in place.
I also didn't want to spend a ton of loot.
So I found a $5 flat screen TV stand and a free back rest from a 70's era kitchen chair and went to town.
View attachment 182168
First I removed the naugahyde & foam and then re-used the curved press board backrest support to come up with the thigh brace
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Then I spent a while trying to figure out the quick release floor attachment.
After some lengthy boat and wood working porn deep dives I stumbled upon screw in wood inserts
View attachment 182174
and then I re worked some $1 ReStore levered knobs
View attachment 182176
and then cut and re stapled the foam cushion and naugahyde to make this beauty
View attachment 182177
and all for about $20
…of course I’ll let y’all know if the lack of engineering or safety standards ends up being a factor and I end up in the drink
maybe u could adhere a tape measure to that bad boy.As I once read in the Wind in the Willows....
View attachment 182166
This year I decided to do a couple things…
first, I put in a better floor at the bow so I could maybe take my aging dog along sometime.
View attachment 182170
Prolly have to do a couple runs on some local still water first to figure out a Dog Over Board drill cuz knowing her, she'll just jump out whenever she feels like it.
Second ( and more fun) I MacGyvered a removable casting brace for the back of the boat.
I wanted something that would:
-provide me with a little stand casting stability at the tiller area,
-still allow me to use the oars,
-be quick and easy to remove,
-and not be a trip hazard when not in place.
I also didn't want to spend a ton of loot.
So I found a $5 flat screen TV stand and a free back rest from a 70's era kitchen chair and went to town.
View attachment 182168
First I removed the naugahyde & foam and then re-used the curved press board backrest support to come up with the thigh brace
View attachment 182169
View attachment 182171
View attachment 182172
Then I spent a while trying to figure out the quick release floor attachment.
After some lengthy boat and wood working porn deep dives I stumbled upon screw in wood inserts
View attachment 182174
and then I re worked some $1 ReStore levered knobs
View attachment 182176
and then cut and re stapled the foam cushion and naugahyde to make this beauty
View attachment 182177
and all for about $20
…of course I’ll let y’all know if the lack of engineering or safety standards ends up being a factor and I end up in the drink
Pretty excited!
Decided to go electric. Outboards and I don’t seem to get along. I bought a used 3.5 hp rebuilt the carb and worked it over. First pull at home and it’s humming. No probs! Get on the lake, at the far end, in the rain, oh, and wind and I’m sweating thinking it won’t start. It’s heavy, well for me but it’s really light. The worst is having to refill in that pristine mountain lake. I try really really hard not to spill but….
Decided that the Newport NT-300 was lighter and would start when I wanted. At least in theory.
One reason for the Newport is that it does not require a proprietary battery. Any 36v lithium will work. Got a 50ah 36v for about $400. It has Bluetooth so state of charge, amp draw etc can be monitored real time on my phone.
Pretty excited!
Well first test run was not great. Motor kept kicking off when I got the throttle up a little over 50%. Called the battery manufacturer from the lake! Got tech support on the line right then and there! Offered a replacement after we discussed!
Pretty excited!
Went home and did some more research. Turns out the battery is fine - there was a connection issue from a battery box I was using. So both the battery and motor would work fine if I connected directly.
Gave it a test out at lake Crescent and the system wildly exceeded my expectations.
10ft Marlon
6+ mph
3.7 mi using ~35% battery
Calculations suggest 10mi range, significantly more at lower throttle.
Pretty excited
Heading up to BC next week, fingers crossed.
I finally got one! 2016 Hyde Pro Series 16'8
have fun. mine, which i think is a 76-78 alumaweld, looked pretty shiny when i bought it used in ... 81, 82 ish. its not so shiny now, but still floats. on trailer #2, and wiring harness number... 3. when i finally went overkill on wiring, it has held up. watch the bearings.
Nice looking boat!
I took my boat out and tested the old carbureted Honda 9.9 for the season. It ran well. I also tried running an electric trolling motor off the transom for fishing. That also worked pretty well. I got a new 100AH lithium battery this winter and it sure is an upgrade from the heavy ass lead acid battery. All I needed was some big bass to hit the popper.
Nice someone else still using those old Pflueger reels.
My first fly rod was a Fenwick FF856 I bought in the early 70's , I am pretty sure I had a Pflueger on it . Broke that rod in the 70's . Anyway not sure what become of the Pflueger . Here recently ran across a FF856 for sale that I bought , that appeared to have never been fished, if so not much . Serial # on the rod ,says it would have been made in either 1976-77 ,and also found a decent Pflueger 1495 to put on it . Looking forward to fishing that old fiberglass rod ,and Pflueger reel .
They’re like the Timex of fly reels.Nice someone else still using those old Pflueger reels.
That they are , I have an old 1492 bought new , and for the life of me I cannot remember what rod I had that on .
Too small for this Fenwick . It appears to have had very little use .To add ,those are some very nice pictures you posted .
WT!
Smolt
This project started in November with the purchase of a new Bass Tracker 1436. Finished it about a month ago.
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Do you still have the Sealaker? My son just bought one and we are looking for any information we can find.