Greetings and welcome to a very simple video of me fly fishing from my float tube for bluegill and largemouth bass. I was simply sitting on my front porch and decided to go catch a few fish … and in about 10 minutes I was on the lake!
Being able to get to one of our many lakes in a short amount of time is very nice, but to be able to catch loads of fish on my 3 wt rod/reel is even better. It doesn’t take much to have a good couple of hours when you have a fly rod in hand and the ease of a float tube is so nice …. a few pumps to get the pressure up and off you go!
I hope you have someplace like this to give it a go for yourself … if you do, why wait? If you haven’t yet tried fly fishing from a float tube then by all means, give it a go. You can find a nice outfit, including fins for under $200 at several locations and the versatility is out of this world.
If you have any questions or comments you can leave those for me in the comment section below or reach me by email at flyfishingwithjeff@gmail.com and I will do my best to get back to you with the best answer I can.
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Jeff I noticed when you got into your float tube your were wearing some type protection on you legs. I was wondering what you had on your legs. I live in Minnesota and I live about 20 min away from the St Croix River. I also have a great number of lakes within 30 minutes of my home. I have in the past used chest waders with boots. I find that I am restricted in the waders. Can you suggest a float tube and maybe the kick fins?
Terry,
I live exactly 4 miles from the St Croix; north of Danbury, Wisconsin. I wear scuba boots over neoprene booties; see the post from below:
https://www.flyfishingwithjeff.com/dive-boots-float-tubers Or search scuba booties on my website. I wear the booties over waders as well to keep from ruining the wader booties. As for float tube; check out the ODC 420 light from The Creek Company…they’re on sell right now for $149 w/free shipping! They also have the large kick fins on their site, around $50 but an essential tool! You can contact me via email if you have further questions….Jeff