{"id":11643,"date":"2008-07-23T10:56:02","date_gmt":"2008-07-23T14:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/?p=11643"},"modified":"2020-10-12T15:01:21","modified_gmt":"2020-10-12T19:01:21","slug":"stand-up-fly-fishing-in-cold-water-and-streams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/2008\/07\/23\/stand-up-fly-fishing-in-cold-water-and-streams\/","title":{"rendered":"Stand up fly fishing in cold water and streams"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Note: This is a review of the W300 kayak series that was discontinued in 2010.<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>By Andrew Kumler<\/h2>\n<p>Cold Water and Streams Wavewalk Kayak Fly Fisherman and Photographer<br \/>\nSpringfield, Oregon<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 512px; height: 384px;\" src=\"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/Wavewalk_fishing_kayak_in_winter_Oregon_512.jpg\" alt=\"Fishing kayak on a lake, in winter, with snow in the background - Oregon\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This picture was taken by Scott Floyd at Smith Reservoir in the West Central Cascade Mountains of Oregon&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Watch Andrew fly fishing standing in his W300 kayak:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lYGaS4dJ30Y?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I like my Wavewalk 300 a lot&#8221; Andrew says -&#8220;I have never flipped it. I find it very stable to fish from.\u00a0 I<br \/>\nhad a close call on my first river trip..I was not used to the boat yet and I caught a cross current ..I thought I was going to flip for sure..But when the boat reached a point it righted its self..I learned<br \/>\na lot about it on that trip..&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 512px; height: 384px;\" src=\"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/Wavewalk_fishing_kayak_by_the_river_Oregon_512.jpg\" alt=\"Andrew's fishing kayak by the river\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 256px; height: 256px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wavewalk.com\/Andrew_K_W_kayak_beached_02.jpg\" alt=\"Andrew's W kayak beached\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8230;I do love the w-kayak.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 256px; height: 171px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wavewalk.com\/Andrew_K_W_fishing_kayak_01.jpg\" alt=\"Andrew's fishing kayak\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s my Wavewalk 300 ..A great and stable twin hull kayak.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 256px; height: 171px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wavewalk.com\/Andrew_K_W_kayak_cockpit_cover_01.jpg\" alt=\"Andrew's kayak cockpit cover\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Andrew created this ingenious cockpit cover that&#8217;s attached to the spray deflector with Velcro.\u00a0 It&#8217;s very useful for camping trips.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 256px; height: 171px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wavewalk.com\/Andrew_K_W_Kayak_Cockpit_01.jpg\" alt=\"kayak cockpit cover\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The cockpit cover can be turned into a half-skirt that helps keeping Andrew cozy and warm when temperatures drop and the wind is blowing.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 256px; height: 171px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wavewalk.com\/Andrew_K_W_fishing_kayak_anchor_system_02.jpg\" alt=\"kayak anchor system\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This anchor system keeps Andrew&#8217;s W kayak in place in midstream<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 256px; height: 171px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wavewalk.com\/Andrew_K_W_Kayak_Seat_01.jpg\" alt=\"Kayak Seat\" \/><br \/>\n&#8220;I&#8217;m glad that those ideas are helping you and your customers out&#8230;I guess it&#8217;s a little pay back for you creating such a great boat&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 256px; height: 171px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wavewalk.com\/Andrew_K_W_fishing_kayak_front_01.jpg\" alt=\"Andrew's fishing kayak - front view\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Andrew can take a lot of gear with him on his long fishing trips, and this is where he keeps some of it<\/p>\n<p>Photos: Andrew Kumler<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Note: This is a review of the W300 kayak series that was discontinued in 2010. &nbsp; By Andrew Kumler Cold Water and Streams Wavewalk Kayak Fly Fisherman and Photographer Springfield, Oregon &#8220;This picture was taken by Scott Floyd at Smith Reservoir in the West Central Cascade Mountains of Oregon&#8221; Watch Andrew fly fishing standing in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/2008\/07\/23\/stand-up-fly-fishing-in-cold-water-and-streams\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Stand up fly fishing in cold water and streams&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":210,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-category"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/210"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11643"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11643\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22066,"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11643\/revisions\/22066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}