Canerodz
Trout Bum
Benson informs me that the old Yankee form is now making 16' OTCA Canoes at Old Town, and I started thinking (dangerous, I know) that if this was an OTCA in 1934 it might have had long decks. The decks are shot and need replaced one way or the other.
My plans for this boat are to float down the rivers of northern Michigan chasing trout alone or with a companion. Some of the rivers, like the Black in NE Michigan can be pretty shallow at times and you need to get out and pull the canoe over the rocky flats. Sometimes the rivers are really running fast, and sometimes I'm out until the wee small hours of the morning, having fished the Hexegenia hatch all night. These instances all require grabbing the canoe and hauling it either downstream or out of the water in a not really genteel way.
Would long decks be a bother on a working canoe like this? Would I be better with short decks and short grab handle thwarts? Or are the long decks good handles, and provide semi-protected places to stash stuff out of the way?
Does anyone here have an opinion?![Roll Eyes :rolleyes: :rolleyes:](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f644.png)
My plans for this boat are to float down the rivers of northern Michigan chasing trout alone or with a companion. Some of the rivers, like the Black in NE Michigan can be pretty shallow at times and you need to get out and pull the canoe over the rocky flats. Sometimes the rivers are really running fast, and sometimes I'm out until the wee small hours of the morning, having fished the Hexegenia hatch all night. These instances all require grabbing the canoe and hauling it either downstream or out of the water in a not really genteel way.
Would long decks be a bother on a working canoe like this? Would I be better with short decks and short grab handle thwarts? Or are the long decks good handles, and provide semi-protected places to stash stuff out of the way?
Does anyone here have an opinion?
![Roll Eyes :rolleyes: :rolleyes:](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f644.png)