On the river on my packraft

I have been paddling out on my packraft since I got it a couple of weeks ago.

I haven't caught fish from it yet though, but fish will come soon or later, I guess.

For now, I just love to float on the water to re-discover our local river.

The packraft allows me to see the river from a different perspective.  It is the same river that I fish every week, but it looks like there is a new world out there for me to explore.

Alpacka Raft makes a few different models of packrafts, and it was difficult for me to decide which one to get.

However, I opted for Explorer for two things at the end for two things.

First, Explorer has a longer waterline than other models which allows the raft to go bit faster track better on flat water.  

Second, it has a roomy cockpit to put extra stuff like my fly fishing gears.

Explorer has a spacious cockpit for fishing gears, etc

To fly fish for black breams from the raft (or any watercraft), I believe it is a good idea to drop an anchor to stop the raft from drifting, or at least slow down the speed of drift significantly. 

The bream often hits a fly when the fly stops moving, so it doesn't help, if the raft is being pushed by the wind like a piece of polystyrene foam.

I have tried a couple of different options for anchors so far.

One was an old drink bottle filled with sand.  It slowed down the raft, but wasn't effective enough to stop the drift (it may be different, if I use a bigger bottle).  It was bit awkward to put sand in it, and get sand out afterwards too.

The another idea was using a plastic bag again filled with sand.  The plastic bag was then placed in a cotton shopping bag.  

It worked very well in terms of stopping the raft from drifting.  However, it was a messy job to bring it back on board after pulling it up from a muddy bottom.

I look for something else this weekend.

I took the raft out on one evening.

I was just drifting with wind and  watching the sun going down.

It was very peaceful.