10/12/2026
Kevin walks a blacked-out carbon-Kevlar VHP headed to Miami, with a brushless trolling motor on the bow and a casting platform that moves.
A tropical system rained out the whole day, so this one was shot inside in the finish bay. Kevin's take: the best day to be in one of these on the water, the worst day to film one. It goes to a Miami family that watched East Cape for a long time before pulling the trigger.
Haze Grey over Matterhorn White, a carbon-Kevlar layup, and satin black powder coat on every piece of metal. The bow runs a blackout package with a pull-up cleat, black rod rings, and a piano hinge on the hatch. A removable Marquesa Marine casting platform with blacked-out V-Marine hardware sits forward of the hatch or on it, and when it comes off, a 35 takes its place on the tie-down.
A brushless trolling motor on a port-nose Power Pux mount, quieter than poling in Kevin's words, with a 16-inch Simrad flush in a custom console. A 115 Pro XS Command Thrust on a Bob's jackplate, a .Pole Blade, and a V-Marine push pole holder. Center console with no jump seat so the cockpit stays open for fly line, grey in a tarpon-scale pattern, two fluted rod holders per side, and Sun Tan pleated vinyl against the grey.
Rated for four, the same waterline as a 21 or 22-foot bay boat, and it still fits in a 20-foot garage. Black Fly Lodge has run a fleet of a dozen of these, 250 days a year, since 2010.
Thank you for trusting East Cape with your skiff.