Fishing

this Thanksgiving week I would like to take my son in law float tubing on a local lake... my problems are :

I have one tube so would need a second one..

My budget would be around 200 for the tube..

Any suggestions for a good reliable second tube are welcome...

MacFly





...."May the holes in your net be no larger than the fish in it. ~Irish Blessing"

109 for the full shabang, since its a spare.





Have you read my Blog? I hear it's getting better!

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can you send me a pm with details please?

MacFly





...."May the holes in your net be no larger than the fish in it. ~Irish Blessing"

sorry dont know why i dident add the link:

http://www.basspro.com/...00_175003000_175-3-0





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MAC...ZACH is our new little baby brother...LOL I was hoping he would chime in.




Some things are better left alone, Even though, some feel they know better.
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welcome to the family zach.. and of course that would extend to our new little sister as well.. :-)

MacFly





...."May the holes in your net be no larger than the fish in it. ~Irish Blessing"

why am i suddenly semi-frightened?





Have you read my Blog? I hear it's getting better!

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I don't know if they still have them, but Costco was carrying the Fish Cat 4 for $140.

There are also the WW Griggs tubes

http://www.fishinrods.com/floattube.htm

or go to the Griggs site and see if a dealer is close to you.

dont be afeared lil brother.. Im a nice big brother... ask our sis FG...

MacFly





...."May the holes in your net be no larger than the fish in it. ~Irish Blessing"

anyone know how good/reliable the griggs tubes are.. I may of missed it but I did not see a description of materials..

MacFly





...."May the holes in your net be no larger than the fish in it. ~Irish Blessing"

I don't really know how good they are. I know that Sportsman's Warehouse used to carry them, and I have seen them there. I would assume that they are pretty light materials-- I would treat them as "delicate". You might try phoning or emailing the company.

http://www.wwgrigg.com/wwg021.htm

Seems like I have seen them mentioned on the Float tube forum in the past. I can't remember if it was good or not.

I would consider the Grigg v8000 tube that is more like the Fish Cat in design with an inflatable seat.

Albino Trout got a used 6000 u tube by Grigg for his nephew. I think this model doesn't have an inflatable seat and you sit lower in the water. You might contact him on the materials.
Thread was here:
http://www.bigfishtackle.com/...string=grigg;#589328

Grigg mostly makes fishing rods and from what I have heard they are good quality. Doesn't mean anything though. It is probably good for a $150 tube. Might be light enough to double as a pack or travel tube for you.

thank you for the info cindy.. I have in my mind a quality tube that is priced above my budget.. LOL... in reality whatever I get for this Thanksgivings fishing will be left behind with me.. soooooo I was hoping to end up with a better (newer) tube than I have as the primary and the one I have as the seconddary...

but.. have not given up hope yet ... :-)... maybe I can talk tuben2 out of his h3 for 200... :-)

MacFly





...."May the holes in your net be no larger than the fish in it. ~Irish Blessing"

Didn't Larry Tullis have an H3 for sale? I wonder if he still has it.

http://www.bigfishtackle.com/...d;page=unread#unread

yes he did... I texted him the other day but got no response.... may have to try an actual call.. LOL..

MacFly





...."May the holes in your net be no larger than the fish in it. ~Irish Blessing"

No, that was actually an old list, I didn't notice and catch that.
In Fact I bought that H3 and I believe Gibby has it now.
I didn't know Tubin2 bought one.




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if I am not mistaken tuben2 bought one of the ones TD had up for sale a while back... I tried to nab that one but did not have the funds (as usual) so missed out on it..

MacFly





...."May the holes in your net be no larger than the fish in it. ~Irish Blessing"

so are you saying Larry never had the h3 up for sale.. or did I miss something here.. LOL...

MacFly





...."May the holes in your net be no larger than the fish in it. ~Irish Blessing"

He did, I bought it, I sold it the first of the year to Gibby.\

Oh, got the rod and reel a few minutes ago...looks great, thanks man.




Some things are better left alone, Even though, some feel they know better.
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good... glad to know it arrived safely...

okay... now I remember... you got Larrys h3 and I almost bought it until the finance manager shot it down... :-).. this time around it is her idea.. LOL...

MacFly





...."May the holes in your net be no larger than the fish in it. ~Irish Blessing"

a finance manager... im getting one of those, im glad i blew through the cash i had already!





Have you read my Blog? I hear it's getting better!

http://redneckflyfishing.blogspot.com/

does that mean you and your g/f are getting married soon?? LOL>. ... wife has been finance manager for 34 plus years.. never got into a situation of needing and not having the funds to go with... note the word.. "need"... LOL..

MacFly





...."May the holes in your net be no larger than the fish in it. ~Irish Blessing"