`Rogue River' style drifter
the reasoning behind the `RRiver style is,the `paralel chines',,as Hyde calls theirs,with a motor you can,,go upriver,get out and two hand it,then do what i call `skiddin',drop the anchor just `SO' and get in the front of the boat,,once you have the anchor `set' you can fish,then rock the boat and since you're in the front(it's all about trimming/balancing/loading et al when talking aluminum boats),you change the `trim',the boat moves and you slowly make way downriver,still fishing away!,best to know the river bottom well tho'!,,driftboats are more universal when a motor is mounted,you can do anything with them,i want a sled and i'll have one!,but i wouldn't even think of selling my drifter=no way!,strip them out and you can launch down embankments in areas that are away from the crowds,load them up with motors,fishfinders,coolers,family and go to a lake,,,the Rogue River Bottom motors better as a point of note,they row dif. than a Mackenzie that's for sure,but,both HAVE their attributes,and,for motoring upriver thru riffles/rocks to escape the crowds (as well as holding dead flat in a moving river with hardly a stroke of an oar)i'll demand a Rogue style boat with a flat bottom,give me a foot of water and i can go up the riffle!,,,Fish-Rite builds a version ,custom order tho it's not on their website,Alumaweld,and of course the fantastic Hyde boats along with DriftCraft at Gary Anderson's Custom rodshop,,Mr DriftCraft rents shop space from Mr Anderson,,custom order what you want!,,,,,,,,,,,,now that i think about tho',, a trawler would catch more fish,hmmmm