Jeffs FS14 LS

[Dan_Smullen]

I like the way you think.

Build on!

[Jeff]

Agree!!! Jeff

[VT_Jeff]

Agree!!! Jeff

Thanks Jeff

I saw the Bateau spread in the latest issue of Small Boats, great exposure!

[Jeff]

Yes, they do a great job!!!! Jeff

[VT_Jeff]

Warm temps made for a nice day of not-boat-building down the street in western ma, deerfield river.

[PapaDave]

Hi Jeff,
Nice looking fish. It was a nice warm weekend. Good luck with the boat. Looking great!
Dave

[Jeff]

Nice!!! Jeff

[VT_Jeff]

Hi Jeff,
Nice looking fish. It was a nice warm weekend. Good luck with the boat. Looking great!
Dave

Nice!!! Jeff

Thanks. I "cheated" and used an egg pattern under an indicator(aka bobber) which I basically just let drift around an eddy until this fish bit. Not exactly purist-level fly-fishing, but in January in western mass, 20-30 mph winds right in the face, it was about the only bearable way to fish.

[Jeff]

That is some tough fishing Jeff!!! Jeff

[VT_Jeff]

As I threatened in my first post, wife and I are headed to Homosassa in a few weeks to get our feet wet fishing in Fla. The FS14LS is still about a year from completion(I'm in the middle of putting the rubrails on and fixing the mess I made trying to square the edges on the aft chines/transom edge, more on that later). We're bringing the driftboat I built last year and some SUP's. Wife works for a SUP company and she'll be doing some product testing while we're down there.

From the maps I've seen, appears we'll mostly be in mangroves, looks like any flats are a fair distance from town for a driftboat or a SUP. If anyone has any info they'd be willing to share I'm all ears. We're treating this as a scouting mission so no real agenda beyond escaping mud season for a few weeks, trying to hook a few fish on a fly line and gaining some knowledge on flyfishing saltwater and the area. Next year and beyond we'll hopefully be bringing the FS14LS and get more into true flats fishing, start the learning process over again.

Thanks,

Jeff








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