Recent content by Steve in Idaho

How would you compare its difficulty in a canoe with the Owyhee Rome to Res stretch?

I like the way Clipper gives weight limits. https://www.clippercanoes.com/collections/canoes-for-big-tall-paddlers/products/caribou-s Take note of the 10" freeboard weight listed for the Solitude, which by my reckoning is pretty accurate and I suspect would translate to the Caribou S...

I've been thinking a lot about that, and I think you may be right. Disappointing about that Prospector 15. I'm not sure what to think about that though. When I paddled the P14, I thought it had plenty of seat hight for kneeling. But I'm only 5' 11", so maybe I'm more of a fit.

I used to run trains along that Minam to the Grande Ronde stretch of the Wallowa. There was a red tandem canoe wrapped around the piling on the trestle across the confluence during that time. Must be a little tricky passing under there. I didn't have canoes then, nor did I have time to use one...

My advice on this regarding the choice between a solo or a tandem when buying new is always go for the solo canoe. My reason for that is because it's not hard to find a good lightweight tandem canoe at a good price on the used market, but used solo canoes are rare. I can't give a qualified...

Looks like a really fun hull!

We were on the river six days. Could have easily done it in five. We did some hiking halfway through a couple days. We didn't drag our feet much on the water, but didn't hurry. Played croquet in camp a few times.

I miss spoke. That was Clarno to Cottonwood. Don't know what I was thinking.

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.