Recent content by Steve in Idaho

BTW, I think that custom Cruiser is awesome.👍

This is all funny. Everyone I know who doesn't own a canoe asks me where I've been kayaking lately. I don't bother to correct them. Meanwhile.... Still a lot of upstream travel on the horizon. Fair winds!

"Guest" appears to be a former member here, Mike McCrea. Riverbasin, if you have aquired a kevlar MR Guide, you are blessed. Enjoy! And welcome.

Are those the white or pale green ones with long legs and tiny bodies? I just count on sharing my canoe with them at some point. I have a favorite kind of spider - in fact, I consider them pets in my home. I read some years ago that jumping spiders tend to discourage other spiders from...

This thread popped up for me again, and it now occurs to me that I didn't answer this question. My observation in Idaho is that poor people don't do their fishing in the places or under conditions where barbless hooks are required. These places are generally remote or otherwise inconvenient for...

One of the places I fish puts me among a lot of trees with low hanging limbs. I use an ultralight 4.5' spinning rig for that. Since it's a lake, if I need more reach I can just paddle closer. Most of the rest of the time, I'm using my 5.5' ultralight with 5 lb Spiderwire. It's surprising how...

I haven't found anything that works, and frankly, I've stopped trying. Part of the problem is that even on a calm day, your movement with the current creates "apparent wind" that tends to turn your canoe. Then there's the real wind and variations in the river current. I use the same tactics...

You might also consider leaving I90 at Missoula and crossing Idaho via highway 12. Follows the Lochsa river and then the Clearwater. Very scenic, and the Clearwater is canoeable from just above Kooskia. Then head north from Lewiston and catch Upper Priest on the way. That is, if you're okay with...

I have several local day trip venues within less than an hour. My three closest haunts though are these.... Lake Lowell- part of the Deer Flat Wildlife Reserve, which is 15 minutes from my house. Getting to be a lot of beaver dens here. Of course, the lower Boise River - also 15 minutes...

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If you take I90, you'll be following the Clark Fork river going west out of Missoula. Leave the interstate at Wye and follow the river on HWY 200, all the way to Lake Pend Oreille. Worth the drive, even if you never wet a boat. Last I checked, there are shuttle services, and much of the river is...

Thanks. The Garcia canister is the one I have.

I'm thinking, something like this...

I wouldn't throw it away. I have an 8.5 footer that I keep in the Solitude for when I navigate the occasional shoals in the Snake. It's short enough to stay out of the way while paddling a medium length solo, but long enough to be useful when needed (and avoid grinding a paddle). If I ever put...

That was a fun thread to revisit!