Silver Hilton: Weather the boat I have is or is not rated for river use, is inmatterial.... I too saw Waterskeeter's website, and saw how they said the only boat that is suitible for whitewater use is the River Tamer. One of their other boats called the river runner is technically not rated for river use, yet they market it under the name "River Runner", thus implying that it is suitable for rivers. Plus, Fisherman's marine sold me this boat as a river boat..... I very specifically asked the people at fFisherman's if I could use this boat on the rivers and the reply I got was "Hell yeah, that's what they're made for. PLus, Oregonfishing.com, the distributer of the boat, is selling these boats as river boats....Go check out their website www.oregonfishing.com and you'll see for yourself. Bottom line, I was told all along that this was a river boat. If it is, then great. Fix the boat and replace my rod and reel and we'll be just fine. If it isn't, then Fisherman's Marine and Oregonfishing.com lied to me and mislead me and noww the $hits going to hit the fan. One way or another I'll get that rod and reel replaced. Weather its Waterskeeter, Fisherman's, or Oregonfishing.com who replaces it, I dont know.