Est. 2026 · Made for moving water
Drift quietly.
Fish deliberately.
Two inflatable fly fishing rafts. Built by anglers,
packed for the road, ready for whatever’s rising.
A note from the bow
“The market got loud and overpriced. We built the boats we wished we could buy.”
Caddis Raft Co. was started in a Texas workshop by a retired civil engineer, private pilot, and lifelong fly fisherman — alongside a wife who runs the same rivers. The same hands that design and weld offroad trailers now build inflatable rafts. The mission is simple: a quiet, capable, dealer-friendly boat that doesn’t ask you to take out a second mortgage.
The lineup
Two boats. Every river.
Solo at first light or three across by lunch. Both pack down,
both row honest, both go where the trailer can’t.
Model One · 10.6 ft
The Woollybugger
A two-man tailwater hunter. Light enough for a single set of hands, stable enough for a stranger’s. Designed for the solo morning and the weekend partner.
Model Two · 13.0 ft
The Caddis
A three-man freestone workhorse. Built for guides, dealers, and the trip that becomes a story. Steady on the seam, dry in the chop, ready for a long day on big water.
Why an inflatable
Three reasons the hard-shell stays in the driveway.
01
Packs to the put-in
No trailer. No ramp. No 22-foot driveway problem. Both boats deflate, fold, and ride in the back of a half-ton with the gear you actually use.
02
Quiet on the seam
Drift boats clang. Tin boats ring. Caddis tubes hush — the kind of quiet that lets you read water and slip past a feeding pod before they ever knew you were coming.
03
Honest price, real warranty
The category quietly doubled in price while the boats stayed the same. We don’t think a serious raft should cost what a serious truck does. Built in measured runs and backed by the people who weld them.
— The Field Journal
“You don’t need more horsepower
to fish a river. You need less of everything else.”
From the workshop
Built by an engineer.
Tested by an angler.
The founder spent a career as a civil engineer and a lifetime as a private pilot and a fly fisherman. The shop floor that produces our hand-welded offroad trailers now turns out drift-ready inflatable rafts, designed for the way real people actually fish — with a spouse, a partner, or a dealer’s best client riding shotgun.
Texas-headquartered. River-tested. Made for the long haul, not the highlight reel.
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