Recent content by Bruce Baker

SP 490-2

WOW!! Congrats to the Mrs.! I lived in western Maryland (Frostburg) for a couple of years and enjoyed it. Good luck with the move and I wish you and your wife the best. Enjoy your time there!

You summed things up perfectly and explained it a lot better.

No confusion. My bad. I have a pair of float tube fins with a rubber heel strap that needed to be buckled. I mistakenly thought that was also with my non-adjustable Force Fins. I believe the only Force Fins to have a buckle are the adjustable ones.

My issue was that I had some difficulty with buckling and cinching them down, especially in cold weather. And a bonus, is I can be sitting or standing up with the bungee...lol.

I really like my Force Fins and liked them even better after I replaced the nylon buckle heel strap with the bungee padded heel strap a few years ago. My only regret was not changing the heel strap sooner. Such a delight to put on and take off the fins now.

From 1987 to 1988, I was working for the USFWS out of Gainesville, FL. A project I was hired to work on involved sampling the waters on Merritt Island and NASA. We were looking for Tilapia, but we also measured and tagged important recreational and commercial species of fish (tarpon, snook...

The spotting on some those fish is absolutely amazing. Sorry to hear about the Winston breaking.

Nicely done!!

Happy birthday!!

@Zak I use an adapter that came with a double-action hand pump like the one pictured below. I put a piece of clear plastic tubing on the end and then attach to the K-Pump.

Hey Zak, I used my mini K-Pump to inflate my Wilderness Lite float tube. I will take a pic of it. Please note that unless you have a mini-K-Pump that has an internal check valve, it won't work with the Wilderness Lite as its valve is not a one-way valve.

For fun, I did a Google search and saw that someone recommended Mike's Reel Repair (Chilliwack, BC). Hardy Reel Replacement Parts and Repair - Mike's Reel Repair And someone recommended this person: Kealan O’Donnel Pure Fishing Reel Service Team Lead 215-228-6371

I bought a Wilderness Lite Backpacker Pro float tube (weighs only 3 lbs) and got an external frame backpack for alpine lakes. The float tube is attached to the backpack with bungee cords and is partially deflated, which I learned about from @Dave Westburg. I pack my waders,booties and fins and...

Thanks for posting this. My condolences to his family and to those that knew him.