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Good luck, I haven't been there yet this year.Hopefully soon!!!
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Harbercraft 9'6 Custom Built Pram/Jon
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04-23-2013, 04:42 PM
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Do you know any place or anyone that can do a wrap for a good price? Everything I have looked into is like $1500.
I can get my boat painted for way less then that.
Even if I do all the prep. work and get it professionally painted it would be way cheaper.
I was just going to prep. and paint it myself but if you know of someone who does decent wraps for cheap I am all ears.
I don't plan on fixing it up until this season is over so I have plenty of time to talk to someone about ideas and prices.
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I would also like to know where you can get this done. I live close to Calgary so maybe someone knows who does it.
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04-23-2013, 06:57 PM
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my fishing boat
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04-23-2013, 11:22 PM
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04-24-2013, 12:09 AM
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Sweet...can I go for a ride !!!
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04-24-2013, 12:45 AM
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You sure can!....just as soon as I finish coloring it. We're gonna catch some mad walleye yo!
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Electric or man powered? I really like the oar storage. your idea? 44" bottom?
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04-24-2013, 07:49 AM
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I finally made my trip out to richmond BC to pick up my boat. Very ecstatic about it. Cant wait for stillwater season. In the process of plywood/carpeting the floors, then going to decal it out, then buying a cooler and so forth. BRING ON THE OPEN WATER.
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Nice boat. I was thinking of getting the Spratley 10/12'. Any of these wide bottom aluminium boat will last forever and stable for fly fishing. Good choice. If I haven't had bought the inflatable, these will be my top choice.
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04-24-2013, 09:46 PM
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Tried taking some pictures today while it is in the garage but the ones from the day after I got it home turned out better due to the lighting.
Just finished installing iPilot, HDS-7 Gen 2 with structure scan, second trolling motor battery and an onboard charger. Was going to put my rod holders on too but decided to wait until I get a few trips in to decide where I want them. Something about putting too many holes in a brand new boat just doesn't seem like a good idea to me.
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04-24-2013, 10:16 PM
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Electric or man powered? I really like the oar storage. your idea? 44" bottom?
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42" Bottom, 9'6 length. The guy i got it from made those and they came pre installed, he built the boat himself (aerospace engineer) and he did a very very good job, everything a fly fisher could ever want. I just need to build/make a bit of storage.
As for power, i have a 38lb thrust electric that will push it along nicely, and also a 4hp yamaha 4 stroke that will make the thing fly.
For those considering buying this type of boat or an inflateable pontoon, buy this if your intended purposes are for stillwater. I hated my pontoon boat for lakes, and managed to swap it straight across for this boat. Can not beat a pram on a lake.
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04-24-2013, 10:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Bhflyfisher
42" Bottom, 9'6 length. The guy i got it from made those and they came pre installed, he built the boat himself (aerospace engineer) and he did a very very good job, everything a fly fisher could ever want. I just need to build/make a bit of storage.
As for power, i have a 38lb thrust electric that will push it along nicely, and also a 4hp yamaha 4 stroke that will make the thing fly.
For those considering buying this type of boat or an inflateable pontoon, buy this if your intended purposes are for stillwater. I hated my pontoon boat for lakes, and managed to swap it straight across for this boat. Can not beat a pram on a lake.
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Looks ideal for fly fishing, congrats.
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04-25-2013, 08:25 PM
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Check my profile album, someday I will figure how to upload pic's
Mine is old but not slow, Oh and I owe nadda on her.
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04-25-2013, 08:38 PM
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Oldie but a goodie....1995 Sylvan Pro Select 17, 130 hp oil injected Johnson, 10hp Honda B100s kicker, 55PD, Humminbird 587 ci HD DI at helm, Old Eagle at bow.
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did you have the boat repainted?
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04-26-2013, 04:41 PM
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Old 13' whaler that I converted to a center console, removed the front bench, and raised the rear bench to fit the tanks. Most stable boat I could find when all I had to pull it was a hatchback
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did you design her yourself ? .. you have a real eye for lines .. naval architectural back ground i bet ...
nice i like it 
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outlaw jet near Robertson falls on otter lake Sask.
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04-29-2013, 11:21 AM
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did you have the boat repainted?
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I did not have the boat repainted but it has had two owners prior to me. I have been tearing into it to make some changes and bring it into the 21st century (it had a cassette player in it) and have found that previous mods have been done very well. I think that she was very well cared for.......I hope at least.
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I did not have the boat repainted but it has had two owners prior to me. I have been tearing into it to make some changes and bring it into the 21st century (it had a cassette player in it) and have found that previous mods have been done very well. I think that she was very well cared for.......I hope at least.
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Hey......my new truck has a cassette player in it ? I figured it was a giant leap forward , the old truck had an 8 track . Haha
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04-29-2013, 12:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Swath
I did not have the boat repainted but it has had two owners prior to me. I have been tearing into it to make some changes and bring it into the 21st century (it had a cassette player in it) and have found that previous mods have been done very well. I think that she was very well cared for.......I hope at least.
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Cool hull looks to be in great shape, reason for my question and may look into repainting mine. My 1995 crestliner has had 2 owners, me being the second of course. The first owner got lots of use out of it in 12 yrs and I have had it about 6. Also gonna do some work on it this year but think I will keep the cassette player lol, do not use the radio much. I had the boat gone over by Free Spirit about 4 years ago and both motors had great compression so no reason to upgrade.
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15.5 ft Vanguard trihull 70hp johnson seahorse, 4.5 hp evinrude kicker
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04-29-2013, 04:10 PM
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Cool hull looks to be in great shape, reason for my question and may look into repainting mine. My 1995 crestliner has had 2 owners, me being the second of course. The first owner got lots of use out of it in 12 yrs and I have had it about 6. Also gonna do some work on it this year but think I will keep the cassette player lol, do not use the radio much. I had the boat gone over by Free Spirit about 4 years ago and both motors had great compression so no reason to upgrade.
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Yeah, she's got some rubs here and there and some road spray but that just means I don't feel guilty when I ding her up. I hear you guys on the cassette player as I actually have a few hundred cassettes still kicking around. Problem being is that I have two young girls and I don't think that I can buy Katy Perry or Justin Beiber on cassette anywhere. 
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"We must be ever thankful for small miracles"...lol.
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05-01-2013, 04:16 PM
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With everyone talking about picking up boats, myself included. I thought it would be nice to see what everyone else is running.
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Got this one last summer. Tried it in Rupert Last fall and worked like a charm. Can't wait to get using it this summer.
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Got this one last summer. Tried it in Rupert Last fall and worked like a charm. Can't wait to get using it this summer.
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that's a sweet boat, would be great on kootkneey and minawonka. warm and dry.
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05-01-2013, 09:44 PM
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The smoke and pollution this thing puts out leaves me feeling a bit guilty.
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You may want to try synthetic 2-stroke oil. It should reduce your smoke quite a bit and sure won't hurt it. Might be worth a tankful to try.
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That stretch of river looks REAL familiar!! 
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05-02-2013, 02:26 PM
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You may want to try synthetic 2-stroke oil. It should reduce your smoke quite a bit and sure won't hurt it. Might be worth a tankful to try.
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Cool, I'll give that a try. Thank you.
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