When I was 16, I started my first season as a safety kayaker for whitewater rafting trips. Each trip I crammed myself into my snug-fitting whitewater kayak, spending hours a day in the uncomfortable, ...

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Fishing out of an inflatable kayak used to be about sacrifice. In order to store and transport an inflatable fishing kayak, anglers sacrificed performance and features found in hard-body kayaks. Many ...

The word "inflatable" is enough to make most hardcore anglers hesitate. For more seasoned (a polite way of saying skeptical and old) anglers like me, the term brings to mind big box stores and cheap ...