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| Well I have had four months running my Tuffy 20 footer. I will have to say its been the "best" bar none I have ever guided and fished out of it. The Tuffy 1990 Esox Deep V is set up for muskies and fishes like a dream. In rough water, I ran it wide out in four footers and never spilled my coffee.
Speed wise I have not made any adjustments but with a Merc 225 Opti I am running a consistant 65mph with all my gear in the boat. The last time I filled up my 50 gallen tank was June 13th and I am still at 3/8 of a tank running 6 days a week on the water. If you drive the new Opti's around 3800 rpms they dont burn much gas at all. At 3800 rpms the boat will run 50mph which is the speed limit on the lake I guide on.
I just started guiding out of the front for the first time with a 74lb Minn-Kota Maxxum. My clients have not complained one bit, in fact most are very happy with my boat control and can learn from me much easier. When I have just one client he stands up the the bow with me and that works out great. The boat is of course 20 feet long, so if you get some wild caster, you are much safer from loosing your hat.
The built in tackle storage is awesome, I have tons of floor space for my clients gear. The back deck is great but we are going to extend it out 6 more inches in the 2002 models. The best way to make improve boats is by having the customers help improve them.
Tuffy boats has a Muskie advisory board that keeps adding imput into the boats to make them more muskie friendly. Some the Commitee members are, Scott Jenkins, Ben Remer, Scott Ralston, Rob Kimm, Bruce Schumway, Bill Schumway, Pete Maina, Dave Doriazo, Bill Schwartz, Paul Klien as well as many others. (sorry if I forgot a name). I am the Committee chairmen of that board and if any of you have any more questions please email me I will be happy to help in any way.
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