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Check out Ricky Mitchell's website paddleandflies.com He is out of the Fresno area and fishes Millerton for stripers and bass. Ricky did a couple of programs in Tracy and Fremont last month so I got to pick his brain on rigging, etc. He does guided trips as well from his kayaks. I know he fishes both lakes and coastal areas from kayak from California to Texas. He even came out with a pretty nice book recently on yak flyfishing published by Orvis. He is pretty fond of Greenland paddles and I would have to agree after using one that they are nice, but the price of those paddles run around $200. The Greenland paddles use your torso as opposed to your shoulders, so if you do use the yak, it should slim you down. I picked up a couple of the Heritage fish kayaks cheap last year. It is a sit in 9.5'. If you have a club, try to get him to do his program on yaks and flyfishing. I have fished with him on a private pond a couple of years back from one of his kayaks and it took some getting use on full size open sea kayak. I have to agree about the clean deck for casting. I did notice that wind can be an issue if you wish to be stationary. An anchor would suffice. and if you want some real excitement try standing up in one.
Ricky is at all of the Paddlefests as well, if you want to bump into him.
Hope this helps.
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