I am interested in getting a cataraft soon and have a few questions. My primary use would be in the susquehanna in Maryland and pennsylvania. I would be fishing from the boat and standing up would be advantageous. The susky is @a mile wide in areas so there are many areas that you can not get out to wade. With the exception of one class 2 rapid most of the river is fairly flat. During a low summer or fall the current can be very slow to almost non-existant. During this summer there were several days where I was fishing out of a canoe with my brother where there was a upstream 20mph wind. On those days you would actually float upstream in many places unless you were paddling. So, my first question is how affected are catarafts by the wind? Are they slower than drift boats or canoes? What cataraft's would you recommend? How much approx retail are the steelheaders? Has anyone had any experience with catarafts made by Jack's Plastic Welding? How were they? I know there were a lot of question any help would be appreciated.

Evan