first off, i don't fish from boats unless it's a pontoon or belly boat on a lake...secondly, i would like to apologize for my curiousity to the popularity of spey all of a sudden...i didn't mean to bring on the shack nasties already (i thought they usually started at the end of December)....thirdly, and i will freely admit it, all i know of the Bow is what i've been told (AKA...i am a Bow virgin) so i am not one to nitpick anyone's method of fishing...i was just curious is all...