Saturday, January 7, 2012
Capt Crunch
I new I shouldn't put in, but I wanted it.. I mostly do what I want, and often pay for it, this one will cost me days, if not weeks. The Trask was too low to drift, at least for my 1985 wood drifter, The last time I drifted it was already too shallow.. but I did it anyway. First shallow run Eggs called a rock river left, I dodged right, CRUNCH.. "man that was a good one" Eggs said with a tone of worry in his voice, I faked it and said it was cool, ive hit harder. We pulled up on a gravel bar and fished the lower run, the hit weighed heavy on me, I walked back to the boat to grab a pack of smokes only to be met by 2 inches of water in the bottom of the boat. This is a fatal hit I thought. I pushed the boat 50 yards upriver to the last boat slide and we hauled out and headed To the NF Nehalem and fished out the day on foot. Put her in the garage today, 4 inch hole almost all the way through.. new bottom or burn.. Caron voted burn, folks have been telling me for a long time that im a glass or metal boat kinda guy, but only wood has warmth, life.. I won't abandon a friend... the war wagon will live again, I owe it to it...... its my boat, my friend, and it is a legend-
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Man that was a nasty hit. I tried like hell to help spot and shift us throught that rock garden, but we had nowhere to go on that hit. Good trip though even if we both took a bath in the NFN that same afternoon!
ReplyDeleteyeah, the real solution would have been not to be there.. hard to dodge rocks when there is nowere to go.. fun day anyway-
ReplyDeleteOuch. I saw some stuff on TV that comes in a spray can (sorry, can't remember what they call it) that the guy sprayed on a screen door attached to the bottom of a boat and it didn't leak. On an up note, your boat doesn't look as bad as the one that's on Maupin, Oregon's main street and it was metal.
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Man sorry to hear about the boat. I hope ya got into some fish on the NF to make up for it.
ReplyDelete"but only wood has warmth, life.." I agree.
ReplyDeleteOuch! As Homer Simpson would say "Doh! Stupid Rocks!"
ReplyDeleteIf ya gotta fix her...fix her good. Beef up that bottom and make her bullet proof.
Good luck dude.
I cringed when I read this. Good luck bringing her back to life.
ReplyDeleteshoreman I just saw the same comercial... wish there was magic in a can! thanks for the comments guys.. I think she will fish again!
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