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Summary of Week One It's been an exciting week but not without some downsides. It's been cool for mid-July, overnight temps were down...

I finally had the last paddle before repairs. There is a bit of work to do.

Thanks for sharing, Crawforde- and I agree with Benson and Robin: great looking canoe! I trip almost exclusively with one of my...

I have #12 canvas on a 14’ Chestnut Fox, I’m careful and it’s holding up well. I make/use traditional filler from the recipe in the...

I recently acquired a Peterborough Minetta. Some scraps of cloth and contact cement. A bit of paint and some screws and she is...

Wow! What an amazing experience that must have been to do fieldwork there! Were there a lot of leeches in Chickenbone then? They are...

I think trout have an extra fishy smell, probably from still having the skin on them and you need to fry them longer, and sometimes the...

Very lightly battered perch and pickerel are my favourite fish n chips. What is this fish broth all about?

I've had a good luck with Dutchware Zing-It cordage. It seems too lightweight to be useful but it's held up in some major wind gusts and...

I bought some HMPE cordage this summer off the internet. And clearly not the brand name good stuff. I wanted to try it and see. The...

Here are a few fall foliage shots over the last three days. This is Meadow Lake, my home lake. Most of the Maples have lost there...

Vehicles are fridges on wheels, unless you can pad out (inwards) that steel box. We loved our minivans cargo style for cheapskate...

Although I've been doing a lot of paddling lately, I haven't been fishing much. Recently I have been seeing schools of perch swimming...

Chickenbone Lake, Isle Royale National Park

A couple from yesterdays adventure to Gouldsboro Lake. I have some really good day paddling opportunities near me in NE Pa.