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Skiff vs drift boat. Last edited by fairhunt1 on Thu Aug 06 2009 1108 am. Drift boats also tend to track better than rafts meaning holding the right line for your anglers is pretty easy. Ready to fish weight.

Drift boats tend to have less places that can snag fly line when casting. Today Willie Boats continues to design and build drift boats that the competition long gave up trying to keep up with. A drift boat also has a shallow draft is a river runner and is also excellent for fishing.

Willie Illingworth built the first known McKenzie style drift boat out of aluminum back in the early 70s. For those of you interested in traditional high-sided drift boats take a long hard look at both Boulder Boat Works and Clackacraft. 168 Aluminum High Side Modular Design Versatile Use.

One final bit of advice. Its lower on the sides and has greater displacement in the front and rear of the boat. We want our boat owners to feel stable when leaning over the gunwale and to be comfortable navigating obstructions when running under motor.

A skiff does not have the sail on the front end that gives you 2 advantages. It has much LESS PUSH from the rear that we get when an angler is fishing from behind the rower. Ultra low sides stay under the wind.

Theres a number of differences between a skiff and a drift boat but one of the biggest is that skiffs are designed to operate in just a couple of inches of water. However they are tight on space for storage and they can be too light. Both boats have a flat bottom and a shallow draft.