I really enjoyed fly fishing from my canoe here in New Brunswick although it was a really easy canoe to tip so I had to have good balance all the time, but it was worth it.

I have taken a few friends fly fishing in my canoe and they usually tell me it was tough fishing as they have either fished from a more stable boat, like a bass boat with a platform to stand on or that they have only ever done their fly fishing from the river or lake bank.

At the beginning I found that the water seemed a little to close for fly fishing when I was in my canoe, but then I went fly fishing from my float tube where my elbows almost drag in the water. Fly fishing from my canoe was much easier after that.

Once I over came the balancing issues and had casting so close to the water I was able to get to fish most others would pass by. Especially where I fish for Chain pickerel. They will fight so hard they turn the canoe around, which has disturbed a few of my fishing buddies.

I may not be able to move as fast as a boat with a motor but I don’t mind. They are usually all over the place, just because they can, so it’s seldom they come close enough to bother me. I end up with all the honey holes that they couldn’t get to with their big fancy boats.

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