jb

Male

Asheboro, NC

United States

Profile Information:

Hometown:
NC for now.
About Me:
No wifie, no kids. Damn fine existence! Work some, play some.

Fumbling thru a S&G for now. Will haul it out west to crack it on a rock, then build a wooden one. Double ender?
Boats I own:
14' jon boat, custom Gheenoe, and a partly finished 53" 16' S&G.

Comment Wall:

  • Greg Hatten

    Welcome to the site... does that nc stand for North Carolina or No Comment... I spent some time in Charlotte... nice place but no Steelhead.

    Jan 15, 2009

  • Greg Hatten

    I had a crazy gig in Charlotte for a year - worked in the sport of NASCAR (I'm sure you've heard of it!!) Man, those people love that sport in the Carolina's... had an office right across from the Speedway. There are some great rivers out here & the fishing is as good as the white water!! Good luck on the boat.

    Jan 16, 2009

  • Robert Hawkins

    Thanks!! I just put her on the water a few days ago for the first time. She floats amazing. Its really cool to see the finished (almost) product on the water. It seems almost unreal that I have my own drift boat now and I built it from scratch for under $2000 bucks. Now i just need a trailer. Good luck with your MBB boat, they are beautiful, I have a few friends who own them.

    Mar 24, 2009

  • Robert Hawkins

    yeah, my boat is far from perfect, I actually like it that way, it looks even more homegrown. I want to build another boat but the funds are not there. I am just glad to have this one. I have never been up and fished the flathead river. I used to fish the lake for Macinaw as a youngster. We have so much water near Bozo that its hard to drive 5 hours. I do want to get up and fish the Kootenai near Libby though.

    Mar 24, 2009

  • Dave Z

    JB,

    The DE is double ender. DET is double ender with transom.

    Yeah, I'm not correct- My current build is a DET, 16x48.... my last build was a 14' "Trapper" (Kind of like a Rapid Robert) and the first was a DET.

    I lust after a true double ender.... ah, someday.....Roger Fletchers book, if you don;t have it, you need it.... has all of these boats in it. The 16' and 13' DE are sweet rides. They look like waves themselves.

    Mar 24, 2009