Recent content by Allegheny Tom

The drive back from Smith River Montana, July 2017. Bugs were pretty thick. June in the BWCA. The entire front of the van looked like this.

Wife and I have paddled 28 states as of now but last year we decided to set a goal to paddle all 50. We'll probably check off another 5 states this year. I will confess that a few states we did in rafts, but they were all paddle rafts, we never "went for a ride in an oar raft". Some rivers...

There are some decent resources on the WB Paddle Club site. Scroll down and click on the different sections icons and it will bring up some maps and access, camping, river hazard, etc info. Looks like the club is a potential source of helpful info. Might be worth the membership fee to obtain...

Finding shuttles is often a challenge on a lot of river trips, especially for multi day distances. A few years ago, we made arrangements with a taxi company on the Delaware River and that worked out pretty well and it wasn't too crazy expensive. We dropped off my wife and our gear at the put in...

Sproul State Forest has some camping I believe. From what I've read, the West Branch does not have a lot of options for riverside camping. Much of it is private land and a lot is State Game Lands.

Following. This section of the West Branch is on our "to-do" list but I don't think we can fit it in this year. I am especially interested in learning about shuttle services. If I lived closer, I would shuttle you. I believe a fair amount of the property along that section is Pa Game Lands which...

We bought 2 of these Green Elephant last year. No complaints. We use 2 of them for a high side of the tarp, and use spare paddles on the back/ low side. It still gives plenty of head space. I 1st saw these on Outdoor Gear Review which gave them high praise...

Me too.

I remember the bad winter of 1977 and Erie Bay had a big fish kill due to thick ice.

I tried calling about this yesterday and it was similar to my call to AuSable...100% automated, zero human to talk to. So I emailed them and surprise, surprise, Sylvania answered already. It is legal to possess barbed hooks but they must be disabled when actively fishing that lure. Common...

This is just a 2 night stop on our way to the UP. We wanted to see AuSable R but I am not expecting to be all by ourselves.

So I tried to call yesterday to ask some questions. That was a joke. 100% automated, nobody to speak with. So I messaged them, no reply as of yet. I'm not holding my breath.

These are boat-in sites. There are also drive in sites but my reservation is for paddle in.

Established camps on Cooke Dam Pond. Sites are reservable. I was reading thru my reservation and I saw that rule. I still can't believe they enforce anything like that.

Everything I read says you can't fish with barbs in Sylvania. But am I permitted to even possess lures that don't yet have the barbs pinched? I'm fine with pinching barbs on the gear that I'm using to actually fish with but I sure hate the thoughts of pinching barbs on $15 lures that may never...