I wanted to solo after my son had to cut back on his canoeing because of his new family.  I opted for the Bell Rockstar in Royalex because I do some lake canoeing but mainly rivers.  Plenty of room for fishing.  Very manueverable and still tracks well on open areas.  It holds me (#260 ,6'3") and my gear without problems.  I do have to agree though that a following quartering wind can cause any good solo canoe to become a bit of a handful, regardless of model....