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Our Story

In 1994, around the age of 25, Phil Croff started night fishing with a friend looking for the elusive 'big browns' that he knew hunkered downing in the small streams of Northern Michigan. At 4 am one night, after wading on foot in the dark for hours, Phil decided this was not the way he wanted to fish. "It got old, and it got old fast" Croff stated, and it was then that he decided he needed to find an easier means of covering more water, safer and deeper in the woods where nobody else could fish.  

 

It didn't  take long for Phil to realize that most boats he rowed were not only tipsy, but too heavy or too big to go where he wanted to fish. With a strong background in the construction,  Phil set out on a mission to turn his passion of working with wood, and combine it, with his love of fishing.  "I needed a boat that if I had to get through four inches of water on the flat, I wanted to be able to do that."  

 

28 years later he has dialed in what makes the perfect light, maneuverable and extremely sturdy little drift boat that owns the water she floats, turning heads wherever she goes.  

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Phil Croff with Wooden Drift Boat
Phil Croff with Wooden Drift Boat

Meet the Team

From Bird Dogs to Boat Dogs

The Croff family consist of Phil, Amy and has grown in size to include 6 beautiful dogs 

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Guide / Boat Builder

Phil Croff

Leader of the Croff dog pack and the man in between the sticks

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Gilding with Amy

Amy Croff

Wife to Phil and the momma bear to all the dogs in the pack

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Flusher, Alpha Female

Hardy

Hardy has been with Phil for 8 years and is his shadow both in the boat and out in the field 

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Alpha Male, Lead Pointer, Sire to Lucy and Storm

Kooper

Kooper is 3 years old and the Stud of the family. He points, you shoot!

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Female, Pointer, Dam to Lucy and Storm

Anja

Anja is 3 years old and in 2024 had a litter of 10 beautiful pups!

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Newest Croff Family Additions 

Lucy & Storm

Kooper and Anja's Pups and 2 bird dogs in training!

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Resident Lab

Brody

Every family needs a lovable lab!

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