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Steve Fellegy

Posted 8/31/2008 9:15 AM (#334188 - in reply to #334176)
Subject: Re: best guide boat?

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No doubt, the longest tiller boat is the best guide boat. For all species, in my opinion, based on my 45 years of guiding. 18ft'ers work fine (2 clients)but longer is better.

With the new Merc power steering allowing optimum horsepower ratings on many big tiller boats, the 20ft. tiller rig is the way to go. There is very little difference in the amount of water you need to load/unload a 20ft. boat versus an 18ft. boat--if you have some shallow ramps to deal with on some lakes. Simply--I can't find any reason to go back to the 18ft. boats for guiding. The 20ft. tiller rig is ideal for guiding up to 4 people! 3 people works great! 3 pepole in an 18ft.'er is tight--especially casting.

All the big tillers are goodboats. Take a hard look at the 2060 T Osprey Tuffy

Feel free to call anytime!

Steve Fellegy
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Edited by Steve Fellegy 8/31/2008 9:17 AM