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If I Had a Boat IF I HAD A BOAT BY LUCY LEA TUCKER 66 biglife IF I HAD A BOAT BY LUCY LEA TUCKER biglife 67 IF I HAD A BOAT NEVER TURN DOWN A SPONTANE- OUS ROAD TRIP, PLANE RIDE, OR BOAT OUTING—RULES TO LIVE BY IN MY PLAYBOOK. SO, WHEN FRIENDS INVITE ME TO JOIN THEM ON A DRIFT BOAT DOWN THE ROARING FORK RIVER WITH ONE OF THE BEST FLY FISHING GUIDES IN THE VALLEY—YOU CAN BET THAT I SAY “YES.” AFTER A BUSY WORK WEEK, A SPUR-OF- THE-MOMENT OUTDOOR ADVENTURE WAS THE EXACT ESCAPE I NEEDED. BEFORE HITTING THE RIVER, WE PICK UP OUR GUIDE, BRANDON, AT THE BOULDER BOAT WORKS WAREHOUSE IN CARBONDALE, WHERE HIS BOAT WAS CUSTOM DESIGNED TO SPEC, A STONE’S THROW FROM THE ‘PUT IN’ ON THE FORK. PHOTOGRAPHY: JORDAN CURET JORDAN PHOTOGRAPHY: 68 biglife hecking out the an investment than other shallow waters. With Boul- clean lines and boats, the value is in the der Boats, you don’t have C nice aesthetic timeless look and feel, to work hard to slow down feel of the sand shade as well as its durability. on the river, to hold clients hulls in the warehouse, I It’s a hand-up from rafts, in sweet spots, or to fish ask, “What’s so special fiberglass, and aluminum favored stretches.” about these boats?” Boat drift boats. It’s easy to row As it turns out, boat- builder, Matt Clemente, and it’s the lightest, safest, making is an intricate art grins as he gazes over best-handling drift boat on form. The guys who start- the fleet of handcrafted, the water. It’s class.” ed Boulder Boat Works are PHOTOGRAPHY: JORDAN CURET JORDAN PHOTOGRAPHY: custom designed vessels, Brandon guides up to master craftsmen—and and replies, “These are the 230 days of the year, so forward-thinking. Inspired Ferraris of drift boats, with this craft is his business. by classic lines in tradi- Amish-like craftsmanship.” No other boat offers year- tional McKenzie wooden OPPOSITE: Writer and fly girl, Lucy Lea Tucker fishes from a Boulder Boat Works drift boat with fly fishing guide, Brandon Brandon concurs, “This round access to rivers. He dories, they built their first Soucie, on Colorado's Roaring Fork river. ABOVE: Master is the ultimate guide explains, “Other drift boats model entirely out of wood. craftsman, Ham Wallace of Boulder Boat Works, using his expertise and the tools of the trade in the BBW warehouse. boat. While it is more of simply cannot navigate the While romantic and beauti- biglife 69 IF I HAD A BOAT ful, this was a painstak- After seeing the crafts- excitement of playing tug summer nights during twi- ingly long building process manship and dedication of war with the thrashing, light hours on the Au Sable for a boat bound to get that goes into these boats, whiskered wild being as I River. The area is consid- knocked around. After I was eager to experi- reeled him into the small ered one of the best brown a lot of discussions and ence this beautiful, quiet, boat. With help from my trout fisheries aste of the many more prototypes, smooth ride firsthand—on dad, I removed the hook Rockies, and we fished this they decided that if kayaks what was turning into a and proudly released the elusive fly from a hand- CURET JORDAN PHOTOGRAPHY: were being made from perfect, bluebird Colorado slippery creature back crafted, wooden Au Sable plastic, then why couldn’t summer day. I had never into the water. Not only boat pushed by a pole. the same material be used really spent much time was that the first boat I Reminiscent of Boulder for full-size boats? Using pondering boats—or given remember being in—it was Boat Works’ styling, the ¼-inch sheets of a unique much thought to how a also the first fish I remem- historic boat dates back product called VHMW-PE, boat is made. ber catching. As I sat at to the 1870s. Lightweight which stands for Very High My first recollection of the bow of Brandon's boat, and made from cedar and Molecular Weight Poly- being on a boat was when I felt pretty sure that my white pine, the Au Sable ethylene (or “really tough I was around six or seven dad would approve—and is perfect for slow-moving plastic,” in layman’s terms), years old at the helm of might even want to up- water. Allegedly, when you they created a virtually my father's aluminum grade his metal dinghy. hit the hex hatch, the air indestructible boat. It was pond fishing boat, steering Every summer solstice, is blanketed with mayflies slicker and more resilient, us to his favorite fishing around my dad’s birthday, and monster trout, who with classic lines from the holes on a small lake in the I head up north to Lake hide in the shade of the original wooden dory boat hill country of Texas. We Michigan. Oftentimes, banks and under logs integrated with custom fished with a spinning rod we would celebrate by during the daylight. The wood accents to make this and reel and finally, at the chasing the notorious hex river comes alive with the stealth craft the perfect end of the day, I landed hatch (Hexagenia Limbata, hatch at twilight. More combination of beauty and a whopper catfish—seven the largest mayflies in memorable than catching strength. pounds! I remember the North America) on warm trout (which we rarely did), 70 biglife PHOTOGRAPHY: SOPHIE DANISON PHOTOGRAPHY: were the little things, like faraway spots near Lake boats simply cannot reach. Max original to a remote our guide reprimanding Taupo in New Zealand and A heavier fiberglass or alu- house on the outskirts of us to, “neaten your lines!" in Patagonia. minum boat typically sits town in the Woody Creek This was his way of telling Boating can become a (or drafts) much deeper, in area. An hour into the us to make better casts. way of life, if you've been 10 inches of water, putting half-hour drive, I realized I Before dusk he would introduced to the right sort the keel closer to the rock- was headed in the wrong PHOTOGRAPHY: JORDAN CURET JORDAN PHOTOGRAPHY: pull off to the side of the of boats. Add fishing in the lined riverbed. direction (this was before river and grill dinner right right sort of boat to the About 20 years ago, I Google Maps), so I made a on his wooden Au Sable mix, and you've got your- spent a day fishing this hasty U-turn in the middle boat as we waited for self a full-blown obsession. same stretch of the Roar- of Upper River Road, which the light to fade and the Boulder Boat Works ing Fork River, on a much landed me and my non- hex to appear. We sat in boats are sure to cre- different, weightier fishing 4WD car in a ditch. One of complete darkness with ate some die-hards. The raft. That was my first the first passersby was a only the light of the moon. lightweight BBW hull sits summer living in Colorado, man driving a truck, who OPPOSITE: Beautiful craftsman- After many attempts to in only five and one-half when I interned at an As- kindly stopped to see if I ship and technologically advanced materials allow BBW to offer a hit this “hoax hatch,” as inches of water, allowing pen gallery to earn credit needed help. John Wyman lifetime guarantee on their hulls. we later coined it, my anglers to slide over rocks for my art history degree. was his name, and with a ABOVE: Dream boats in varying stages of completion inside the dad and I ventured on to without hesitation—explor- My boss sent me on an rope tow from his truck’s Boulder Boat Works warehouse. more promising waters in ing water that other drift errand to deliver a Peter hitch he got me out of my biglife 71 IF I HAD A BOAT No two are alike! A new feature on boulderboatworks.com gives boat buyers the predicament in no time. I next meet-up was on the ability to design and build their own dream boat. You can customize felt obliged to buy him a Roaring Fork River in his unique, one-of-a-kind options for storage, coolers, seating configura- beer at the nearby Woody 13-foot rubber raft, where I tions, and type of seats. Pick from elegant and functional custom Creek Tavern to thank him learned the finer points of rope seats, to seats that can fold or even seats that sit upon YETI for his speedy and valiant the roll cast. A multi-sport coolers. Seating can be built for up to four people, but typically the rescue. Plus, he was pretty man, John also taught me BBW seats three with the guide’s seat in the middle for rowing. The cute. Over that cold bottle to row and roll a kayak. boat’s gunnels are handcrafted with white ash wood, but you can of Budweiser at the funky Around the same time choose from many different options for the interior, hand-finished tavern bar, I learned he that I was flirting with wood accents—mahogany, African mahogany, bride eye maple—with was a local fly fishing cute guys in exchange guide. I took this meeting for lessons learned about a nearly endless amount of veneer options for the rear knee brace as a sign to upgrade from the great outdoors, Lyle and optional front veneered fly deck.
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