Recent content by Steve in Idaho

That makes sense. Sounds more like what I've heard about it from others.

We did the JD in April, before the spring runoff. I'd have to check my records, but it was definitely considered low flow. Crux of Clarno was reduced to an impenetrable rock garden with a narrow chute (little more than canoe width) next to a deep recirculating hole. I was loaded down in my MR...

I have paddled a friend's Spitfire. Fun little boat. It was set up with seat on the floor, so I don't know how it would be for kneeling with a single blade. But it didn't impress me as what I would want in a tripping canoe, unless for just a night or two with minimal gear (think ultralight...

@Pseudonym , you might also want to consider the John Day from Clarno to Willow Creek.

I don't know why it is, but the idea of exploring a Bayou in a solo canoe really appeals to me. Please do post photos and TR from that when you can.

I had to take a close look because my first pole was a Home Depole, and I sometimes still use it. But no, that one is my hybrid version, carved from an ash plank and crowned with what is essentially Ed Hayden design aluminum pole ends. Six inches of aluminum tube topped with delrin plug, steel...

I avoid docks at all cost.

Amen to that!

Good to have options. :D

We're trying to accommodate. :)

And I thought it was just me getting weaker. :) I never realized my dream of finding a Guide in kevlar for sale.

No idea about the car, but this thread needs sprucing up ...

It looks to me like it would be an improvement on the royalex Mad River Guide. IIRC, that weighed about 54 lbs.

I haven't been avidly paddling canoes as long as most of you. But what's changed for me personally is the availability of good used canoes - especially solo canoes. When I first decided to buy a canoe but didn't have the cash to buy new, it was hard to find anything in my area better than a...

Thanks for the link, Steve. No other polers in my area either. I've tried to recruit some, but can't seem to get any interest.