Black_Fly

Passed a guy on a SUP in the middle of Seagull Lake (BWCA) once. He had his cooler and was flipping away with that big stick. I...

I smoked cigarettes a bit in my 20s. Was craving it at certain times, so I quit. Glad I did. When I was guiding in Wyoming the other...

I do a lot of lining, so the 25 foot ropes are permanent on my canoes.

I've lined 3 times when necessary that I can remember. I've done a few more times just playing around. I can do that in my backyard...

My lining/tracking ropes are 25 feet, both bow and stern, on my 16 foot tandem canoe. I’m not saying that’s best. Just that it has...

how long are your ropes?

Do those of you who line your canoe have separate lines besides your painters? If so, what lengths work best? I use two 25’ ropes as...

I vote bears’ rights. Too many subdivisions. Someday, there won’t be bears and we’ll have coast to coast cities. People just aren’t...

Kirk’s Castile Hard Water soap is my daily fare. Just coconut soap.

well you better get the bear off the roof.. Those shingles are cupping.

Put a metal roof on.

I usually don't meet anyone on river trips in the West. We were on a portage in the BWCA in 1985. I ran into a guy from Ontario that...

Yes, the strength of modern weed is too much. I had a similar experience with brownies; lasted way too long, messed up my reading...

That's about the cutest canoe pup I've seen. Any trouble on the trail due to short legs?

I hang in my Ohio home, but the drywall on my ceiling is not holding up well. At he cabin, I built racks on the pole building garage...