tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791496318819973464.post1614229288948419223..comments2023-09-25T08:36:27.625-04:00Comments on Mike's Gone Fishin'... Again: Floatin' the NewMike Sepelakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10569706920906836936noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791496318819973464.post-81427800847727026772009-09-02T23:00:25.993-04:002009-09-02T23:00:25.993-04:00I've got a pair of fins but the only time I us...I've got a pair of fins but the only time I use them is in still water. They are far more trouble than they are worth in rivers with any kind of flow rate. Like Sep said, on the New, you can almost always touch bottom, at least in Ashe County, if not immediately, then in a few feet downriver. If you can't touch on the New in Ashe County, then you're too short or the river's too high to be floating it safely - go for a canoe instead.Po'Boynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791496318819973464.post-18391728368361237442009-09-02T17:57:16.250-04:002009-09-02T17:57:16.250-04:00Looks like you had some fun Mike! I've never ...Looks like you had some fun Mike! I've never seen those type of rock bass before. Very interesting and cool looking. Good luck next time out.Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01374667926905214598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791496318819973464.post-44043397112046310352009-09-01T01:47:23.298-04:002009-09-01T01:47:23.298-04:00Alan, so far the only water I have used the tube o...Alan, so far the only water I have used the tube on has had a decent flow rate so locomotion has not been an issue. They have also been fairly shallow so most of the time I could simply drop my feet and stop or navigate with a push on the bottom. There certainly have been times I wished I had some better turning power, though, and those shorter, strap on fins seem like decent solution, but I have not tried them. Like you, I wonder....<br /><br />If you need some company on the Flint, let me know!!! The downside is that you might end up in a with a new nickname and disparaging remarks made about your knees.Mike Sepelakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10569706920906836936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791496318819973464.post-72335508378237022392009-08-31T12:43:57.013-04:002009-08-31T12:43:57.013-04:00Aren't those float tubes fun? I have a questi...Aren't those float tubes fun? I have a question though. What type of locomotion do you use? My only tubing experience has been on lakes and ponds and as a result I use the biggest, baddest snorkling fins availabe. My only contact with the ground is upon entering and exiting the water, so the length of them isn't that much of a problem. But...I'm considering using the tube on the Flint River down in Georgia, where there will be good amount of wading between holes and those long fins would be problem. Do you use those shorter fins that strap on to your shoes, and if so, do you like them? I know it'll be impossible to pull a wake boarder like I can now, but the wading ability might offset that deficiency.PATRIOT DREAMShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08239845929759431249noreply@blogger.com