The wet fly swing podcast has some good episodes on the history of Oregon drift boats. If I remember correctly the Rogue boats had a flat section of bottom where the McKenzie had a continuous rocker front to back.
~1960 14’ Thompson “run about”
I got this from a family friend.
The good-
It has been stored inside for the last 35 years. The wood shows no sign of rot. Most of the interior is intact.
The bad-
It had one broken plank, which I removed. Has a cracked gunwale strip and a crack in the...
The snow is not done yet, got out with the 1 year old pup and found 6” around 5000’ at a closed ski area. Perfect mellow day with no one around to work on training and get a couple turns in.