[bbqsteve]

I live at the beach in Texas and want to continue swimming and fishing. Have golf cart to get to water, but what then? Looking at V or U shaped float tubes designed for fly fishing, http://www.thefloattubestore.com/. Also need ideas how to get to water and back from the golf cart/ back on golf cart, etc. My wheelchair is motorized, so no go taking it into salt water and sand. T 12 complete

[LuckyinKentucky]

Since fly-fishing is a sport heavily engaged by wading most of the equipment is set up for it. This fact isn't very helpful when your in our position. The tubes there looked mostly like stand through s wherein you have to prop your feet on these two bars when floating, while in betweem the bars and seat is left open for wading. This raises two problems for me 1 I don't want to strap my feet to those bars and 2 I am not about to keep my ass and legs in a freezing cold stream when I cant wade.

The options concerning inflatables is vast, search e bay and you'll find em from 20 to 2000$-- here's one from a place in TX: http://cgi.ebay.com/Intex-Seahawk-400-Infl...id=p3286.c0.m14. It all depends on what you want.

I have seen large inflatables for fly-fishing where you are seated high out of the water and use two long oars but have no idea how to find one/// oh and they probably cost thousands.

Something low and soft like an inflatable isn't to bad of a transfer from a cart. You may need to bring along a cushion to set in the floor of the golf cart so you can sit on it for the middle point of the transfer.
And you'll need to find a good place to put in... somewhere that wont pierce the thing when you scoot into the water and is sloped OK so you can get back out. Oh and if you're going alone it may be helpful to tie a rope to your cart and trail it down to the water to help you in your ascent.

[bbqsteve]

Thanks LK. i would be using it in the beach when calm, mostly for getting around in water but also to fish. I plan on using a push/pole that doubles for an anchor. One side has a sharp point, the other side has a wide flat area to push you along. I like the rope idea back to the golf cart. I think the tubes are for sitting where my legs would just dangle in front. Some of them have seperate onflatable seats. My main concern is catching a bull red or something large that can carry you away. I already have a snip ready to cut the line in such a case from my golf cart. I hate to have to do that but I would not be able to catch and release anything too large to get back in the water deep enough to save. The first few times I will have back-up with me, until I get to have a genuine trust for the anchor. Thanks for the reply. Take care

LuckyinKentucky, on Sep 15 2009, 10:57 PM, said:

Since fly-fishing is a sport heavily engaged by wading most of the equipment is set up for it. This fact isn't very helpful when your in our position. The tubes there looked mostly like stand through s wherein you have to prop your feet on these two bars when floating, while in betweem the bars and seat is left open for wading. This raises two problems for me 1 I don't want to strap my feet to those bars and 2 I am not about to keep my ass and legs in a freezing cold stream when I cant wade.

The options concerning inflatables is vast, search e bay and you'll find em from 20 to 2000$-- here's one from a place in TX: http://cgi.ebay.com/Intex-Seahawk-400-Infl...id=p3286.c0.m14. It all depends on what you want.

I have seen large inflatables for fly-fishing where you are seated high out of the water and use two long oars but have no idea how to find one/// oh and they probably cost thousands.

Something low and soft like an inflatable isn't to bad of a transfer from a cart. You may need to bring along a cushion to set in the floor of the golf cart so you can sit on it for the middle point of the transfer.
And you'll need to find a good place to put in... somewhere that wont pierce the thing when you scoot into the water and is sloped OK so you can get back out. Oh and if you're going alone it may be helpful to tie a rope to your cart and trail it down to the water to help you in your ascent.

[bbqsteve]

I bought a Fish Cat 4 LCS this weeked and hope to try it this next weekend. I'll let you know how it worked.

bbqsteve, on Sep 18 2009, 05:40 AM, said:

Thanks LK. i would be using it in the beach when calm, mostly for getting around in water but also to fish. I plan on using a push/pole that doubles for an anchor. One side has a sharp point, the other side has a wide flat area to push you along. I like the rope idea back to the golf cart. I think the tubes are for sitting where my legs would just dangle in front. Some of them have seperate onflatable seats. My main concern is catching a bull red or something large that can carry you away. I already have a snip ready to cut the line in such a case from my golf cart. I hate to have to do that but I would not be able to catch and release anything too large to get back in the water deep enough to save. The first few times I will have back-up with me, until I get to have a genuine trust for the anchor. Thanks for the reply. Take care

LuckyinKentucky, on Sep 15 2009, 10:57 PM, said:

Since fly-fishing is a sport heavily engaged by wading most of the equipment is set up for it. This fact isn't very helpful when your in our position. The tubes there looked mostly like stand through s wherein you have to prop your feet on these two bars when floating, while in betweem the bars and seat is left open for wading. This raises two problems for me 1 I don't want to strap my feet to those bars and 2 I am not about to keep my ass and legs in a freezing cold stream when I cant wade.

The options concerning inflatables is vast, search e bay and you'll find em from 20 to 2000$-- here's one from a place in TX: http://cgi.ebay.com/Intex-Seahawk-400-Infl...id=p3286.c0.m14. It all depends on what you want.

I have seen large inflatables for fly-fishing where you are seated high out of the water and use two long oars but have no idea how to find one/// oh and they probably cost thousands.

Something low and soft like an inflatable isn't to bad of a transfer from a cart. You may need to bring along a cushion to set in the floor of the golf cart so you can sit on it for the middle point of the transfer.
And you'll need to find a good place to put in... somewhere that wont pierce the thing when you scoot into the water and is sloped OK so you can get back out. Oh and if you're going alone it may be helpful to tie a rope to your cart and trail it down to the water to help you in your ascent.

[LuckyinKentucky]

Sweet, I'll look forward to your conclusions.