Here's a yak with peddles, The wooden one isn't available sorry.
The plastic one is, without peddles.

I tried fly fishing from a Hobbie. Even with the best line control  your  line will sooner or later find it's way to those pedals, when that happens it's pure hell.

Hey Guys simply check it out . I've been paddling and poling these over a year now.

http://www.kayakangleronline.com/component/content/article/415-freedom-hawk-kayaks.html

John Clarence "Jack" Gartside
1942 - 2009
http://www.jackgartside.com/
I'm not sure how many of you knew about Jack, But he was my greatest Influence
on how I go about doing things, and more importantly my over all attitude towards fly-fishing in general.  Just wanted to share.
How many years ago it was I'm really not sure, it was at the time when I wanted to make my own personal contribution to the word of fly-fishing as a writer and a photographer. I wanted to write about and capture images of fly tying, fly-fishing destinations and most of all, the craft I fished from. However the flies I tied even the fish I fish for were not shall we say in the mainstream of fly-fishing and the craft I was casting flies from, I was afraid everyone in the world of fly-fishing would just think I was nuts! I was working on what would be my first published article; I would start it delete it then start over again.
To be honest for the first time in my life I was afraid to be different and it was definitely affecting my writing.  I’d been in this frustrating limbo for a few months and then one afternoon I’d just got home after some early morning fishing. There was no one home when I got there so I walked into the kitchen to see if my wife had left a note for me in the usual place.
Instead of a note there in its place was the latest issue of Fly-Fishing in Salt Waters. It was the Jan/Feb issue of 1996.
The cover shot was of some character sitting on an inflatable giraffe, the giraffe’s name was Gerald, and its rider was of course Jack.
I immediately flipped to the contents and the first words that caught my eye was the title Hey Cabby, Take me to the Fish. I was a cab driver for almost two years of my life and believe me the experiences can add color to anyone’s character I can’t tell you how delightful it was to read and article by a fly-fishing cab driver and read it I did, two different times that day and at least once a month until I managed to acquire Striper Strategies Secrets of a Striper Bum and eventually Scratching the Surface Strange but True Tales &Techniques.
 What I eventually learned from Jack’s work was to write about what inspired me and not to worry about fitting into the mainstream of fly-fishing but finding my own niche.

Sometime after that I made a trip to the fly-fishing show here in Pleasanton California one year with hopes of meeting him. I caught up to him at his tying table about an hour before his presentation, it was slow at the time and they weren't very many people so I was able to hang out at his table and talk with him. When it came time for him to go to his presentation I helped him carry his gear there.
We had an excellent conversation and I feel I was actually able to get to know him. We stayed in touch by email for a few years after that. A few months after I met Jack, my first article was published, a few years later my first book.
My craft, I was afraid to write about…was the kayak
Jack, thank you for your generosity, your knowledge and your inspiration. You were an original and I thank God for sharing you with us.

Hey guys, check this out. Tom talks sinking lines. good info.


http://cdn2.libsyn.com/orvisffguide/Fly_Fishing_With_Sinking_Lines.mp3?nvb=20090729135818&nva=20090730140818&t=071551102f2bd80c139b5

Hey guys how's it going. It hasn't been in the water. They list at $1695.
I'm selling it for $1100.
I've owned most of the models out there and it's the best paddling sot I've owned.
I will be one of the speakers at the Fly-fishing show in Pleasanton Alameda County Fairgrounds.  Should any of you be interested this Altura, I can bring it to the show.
February 27, 28, March 1

No I'm not selling mine.
Cell 559 360 4151

Gary and Lisa Sinkas
The Orvis Guide to Personal Fishing Craft
1987: I started fishing from a kayak somewhere in the late eighties,
inspired by an Outdoor Life article about Gary Sinkas and his wife, Lisa. Long before the kayak I paddled a canoe, which I still and always will. The canoe, out of all the crafts I’ve ever written about, requires the most skill, but they are skills well worth the time it takes to learn them. In my search for the perfect craft, I fell victim to the conveniences of the float tube and eventually the pontoon boat, which would distract me from paddling any craft for almost four years, not realizing at the time that I was gathering material for my second book.
2002: After paddling a kayak for a couple of years I began writing my first book Paddle and Flies (which by the way has yet to be published). 2002 was also the same year I started doing kayak-fishing seminars at the International Sportsmen Exposition.
2003: I finished my book only to have magazine editors and two different well-known book publishers tell me that there was no market or an audience for anything on fishing, particularly fly-fishing from a kayak. I also returned to the ISE shows in 2003; this time I was furnished with a 20x14 ft. above ground pool for doing kayak fishing and paddling demos. It was the San Mateo show where I would have a fateful meeting with Tom Rosenbauer of Orvis. I actually met Tom at the Orvis booth. Tom Rosenbauer has probably written more books about fly-fishing than anyone, and it’s been said he’s the best how to writer in fly-fishing.
Tom and I had a great conversation about, of all things,
fly-fishing from a kayak.
Tom came out to the pool and checked out a couple of kayaks I had on display. During the four days the show was going on we discussed fly-fishing from a kayak a number of times. Eventually, I told him about my book Paddle and Flies, and he told me to email him a rough copy.
After reading it Tom told me that he and the folks at Orvis,
didn’t want to publish a book on kayak fly-fishing, but they did have a project I might be interested in.
2004-2005-2006: It seemed Orvis was looking for a writer to write a book on paddle crafts, such as the float tube, pontoon boat and the canoe. Tom said if everything worked out that I would be able to include the kayak as well. I then wrote a manuscript that Tom liked. However, there would be four rewrites before Tom liked the book.

2007: I spent 2007 going at it over my book with some very particular production editors. Their purpose is to make a book sell better, which for me meant more rewriting as well as reshooting images. However, in the end, my book was my book, to which I thank God for.
In what I’ve written here…I'm not so much trying to promote my book as I am sharing the experience of writing it.
2007, December 1,The Orvis Guide to Personal Fishing Craft was published.
www. paddleandflies.com
http://www.midcurrent.com/news/2007/11/




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For a fisherman to be complete, he must go upon the water.
Rickey Noel Mitchell

Paddle and Flies

A project that has taken up the last five years of my life is now finally done.
Book store's are now taken pre orders for my book.
Google The Orvis Guide To Personal Fishing Craft.  and check it out.
I have always been proud to be a part of this forum.
I wanted to share it with you first.