Dear Board,

Good stuff so far. I realize the limitations of inflatable boats and understand that if you puncture one while on the water you are pretty much up, maybe down?????, a creek. Like I said in the original post I'm well versed with fishing out of inflatable craft and I know that accidents can happen but after 20 plus years of fishing out of inflatable conveyances I know them to be plenty safe and far more practical than any hard shell boat if portability and storage are your main concerns. And those are my main concerns. i want to be able to go somewhere with it stowed away and take it out when I need it. I don't want something hanging around on top of my truck or my car while I'm wade fishing or visiting the grocery store.

I'm going to keep looking and hopefully when the weather and water cooperate I'll try a blow up boat out at a local store, it won't be the NRS Pike but rather something from Advance Elements since they have a dealer nearby.

Regards,

Tim Murphy