Float tube
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A float tube or belly boat was originally a doughnut-shaped boat with an underwater seat in the "hole" but modern designs include a V shape with pontoons on either side and the seat raised above the water allowing the anglers legs to be the only part of his body to be submerged. Float tubes are used for the many aspects of fishing be it fly for trout or lure for bass and enable the angler to fish areas otherwise un-fishable from the bank.
Float tubes are either "U" or "V"-shaped, or circular. A standard float tube consists of an inflated bladder inside a sewn cover providing the seat, reserve air compartments, and tackle storage pockets.
The angler generally wears stocking foot chest waders and scuba diving flippers, so his legs remain dry. Seated in the float tube, he paddles across the water with a gentle movement of the flippers, then remains still over the chosen fishing ground.
The competitive side of float tubing for bass is growing in the US with the Sonoma County Belly Boat Bass Club which was the first of it's kind and is by far the largest in the world and in South Africa with the Kickboat Bass Challenge which offers a tournament trail of 3 competitions and a classic.
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