Several years ago I rented a 13-ft raft from Swiftwater in Seattle. I wanted to see the difference between a raft and drift boat. We floated the upper Sky in Feb and found that it really did not have as much room as you might think and even in light current there was no way to row back up river. When we finished fishing I thought that inflating and deflating was much more of a hassle than using a trailer. I now own a 16 x 54 Willie and love it. I think rafts are great to run rivers, but they are not the best vehicles to fish from......just my thoughts.