My float tube set up.

 I am glad to start spending more time on my Youtube channel, and i start to see a great engagement  from the viewers. This video was asked by a few subscribers and I'm was more than happy to film it: how does my float tube look like, how did i customized it to my needs.

 

As the Youtube channel grows (over 100 new subs this month) i am able to include now private memberships for the viewers. Memberships are purely voluntary and starts at only 1.99€/month. Memberships can be cancelled at anytime. This will give you a nice shinny badge beside your name in the comment , but more important it gives you access to behind the scenes pictures and one on one comments on the community tab of my channel. You can see what videos are coming up next way before anybody else and other behind the scenes stuff that i only post on there. 

Again thank you for the first members that joined the channel, these videos are made possible because of your support, and the money generated through the views and memberships goes into gear :SD cards, lens cleaners, new drone ect...

My aim is to bring you entertaining content and give you better quality of filming (4k , better sound, smoother shots and more).

I am currently working on the next one, should be interesting...

Thank you and keep safe.....and go fishing and enjoy the outdoors if you can!

New gear!

A new season is just around the corner here at the lodge and  as usual i'm getting the place ready to welcome new and returning clients to the lodge.
This year we are refreshing the stock of float tubes. I remember before everyone wanted to fish from big boats in big loughs, as many believed (for some strange reason) that smaller loughs and ponds would not have pikes in many numbers and more importantly in sizes. But the last ten years this has changed immensely due to the arrival on the market of much better designed float tubes.10 years ago float tubes were like a tractor tyre with two holes for the legs and a huge backrest that acted more like a sail than a backrest..I didn't like float tubing in those days.Your sitting position was so low on the water that at best times you felt like drowning...But it didn't take too long  for the major brands to improve on designs. Nowadays we have a huge choice in personal vessels and for all budgets.
Needless to say if you want something that last you need to invest a little. We have been using the tubes from Creek Company for a few years now, a nice tube but definitely not the best built. Stitchings didn't last long on them and a poor design for inflation lead to many twisted bladders, punctures and time wasted for me fixing them most of the time and for my clients on the water.
So it was about time to look somewhere else.

It's a good few of my clients that directed me towards the FLTB-5 from Caperlan. Caperlan is a fishing branch of a huge sporting chain called Decathlon in France.
All the reviews looked good and i had many good returns from my guests. Many of them do own a FLTB-5 and this was the reason i started looking into this model.
With the help of a client that works for Decathlon i managed to secure a deal and import 5 tubes ( 5 more are planned to arrive next year).

Like you will see in the video, they are pretty good at first sight and only time will tell how they last in the long run.
 But i will make a follow up video at the end of 2020 to see how they are holding up.

Gear.

Une journée de repos aujourd'hui, ça tombe bien...Je viens de recevoir mon nouveau Outcast Scout.
Je viens de me séparer de mon pontoon. Cela fait pas mal d'heures passées sur mon bon Creek rouge, et le moment d'essayer quelque chose de nouveau me démange depuis quelques temps...Un compromis entre le float tube et le pontoon, moins lourd que le pontoon, plus facile a monter mais quelque chose qui tienne le vent, les vagues et les lacs plus grands. Apres une recherche (très rapide ) j'ai trouvé mon bonheur chez Outcast. Quelques messages avec Marc de chez Smartlures.nl, il me confirme qu'il en reste bien un...et en solde...Trois jours plus tard, il est a la maison, et le lendemain sur l'eau a prendre ses premiers brocs!
Premières impressions, c'est du solide, plus léger que je pensais , monté deux fois plus vite que le pontoon.Une fois assis dessus, c'est confortable,il se manoeuvre facilement, aussi bien avec les palmes qu'avec les rames.
En ce moment je me concentre sur les plus gros brochets, différentes soies, différents montages.
Et les T-bones continuent a prendre du beau poisson!
Il ne me reste plus qu'a sortir le Scout avec du vent maintenant, car aujourd'hui c'était mer d'huile....Pas bon pour les grosses mamas, mais on a trouvé quelques jeunes filles....T-bone citron et blanc, avec un nouveau montage de zonker....A suivre...

Encombrement dégonflé

Jacks,jacks,jacks...

Petite matinée bien sympathique!

Update.

Good news , deux nouveaux float tubes arrivent cette semaine au lodge!
Tout droit de chez Creek Company , deux nouveaux 420 ODC.

Cold reeds

Un petit teaser avant la sortie de ce court métrage Finlandais.NICE!!!

COLD REEDS teaser from Mikko Kytökorpi on Vimeo.

New Tube!!!

Un autre qui rejoint la flottille. Celui ci un Fish Cat 4 Deluxe, de chez OUTCAST...
Tres confortable, et la tablette pour deposer la soie est tres bien étudiée.Super leger et mon fils ( 6 ans) l'a sorti de la boite et gonflé le tout en environ 5 minutes....tout seul...