Float tube
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A float tube or belly boat is a doughnut-shaped boat with an underwater seat in the "hole". Float tubes are used for fly-fishing and enable the angler to reach deeper water without splashing and disturbing stillwater fish.
Float tubes are either "U" or "V"-shaped, or circular. A standard float tube consists of an inflated inner tube 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.
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