A Look At The Native Slayer 14.5

I get asked a lot about my kayak and with so many people new to the sport, I thought I would take you readers on a little walk through of my Slayer 14.5 by Native Watercraft. The Native Slayer was created as a sit on top version of their popular Ultimate series sit inside kayaks. Native Watercraft asked their customers what kind of features they would want in a sit on top fishing kayak, the customers responded, Native listened and the Slayer was born. Having been on the market for a year or so now, the Slayer is offered in 12′ and 14.5′ paddle versions as well as their very popular Slayer Propel 13 peddle kayak. Hitting the market this year, as I’ve written in a past post, is the Slayer Propel 10, which once again I think will make a great river fishing kayak. A lot of the features I’m going to discuss below on the Slayer 14.5 are the same on the other models, so keep that in mind if you’re shopping for a shorter kayak. Let’s get started with the front of the boat, shall we?

Native Slayer 14.5

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Check it out! New from Native Watercraft, the Propel 10

The crew at Native Watercraft simply amaze me with their never ending interest in creating kayaks for all situations. Their upcoming ten-foot version of their popular Slayer Propel peddle kayak seems to be a future contender for best river kayak on the market in my opinion. While I won’t get to test drive one until my local dealer gets one in stock, I’m anxiously awaiting sometime in the cockpit of this new addition to the Native lineup. The word from Native is the Propel 10 will be even more stable than the already super stable current Slayer models, more maneuverable than the standard Propel in the 13′ 2″ version, and a lot lighter in weight. With estimated weight coming in somewhere around 69 pounds, it will most likely be the lightest peddle angling kayak on the market. Can you imagine how easily a kayak like this would be to toss into your pickup truck and head to the river for an afternoon of fishing?!? I like it!

slayer-propel-10

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