Steve

Yup! Rockstar level! Nice long hold on that surf. I do the same as you described earlier where you pop up on top and then scoot forward...

Couple of videos from a couple of my local play spots... On this one, I can't climb this because there's a slick slab of concrete under...

No disagreement there. And I note that if you start with bow down trim, the moment you apply thrust, the bow will raise. So, there's...

As I said... it is a thing. I am usually in quite shallow water and fast and I trim bow light, but if I am cruising upstream in less...

When it comes to poling upstream though, it's not that cut & dried. Few of us are going to approach hull speed in a recreational canoe...

So oddly, this is actually true if it is fast current and/or very shallow. I have very rarely seen this documented, but it is in a few...

I gotta come to Idaho! :)

This is where aggressive healing works wonders. If you're getting blown out to your left, pick up your right foot and really edge the...

The blasting across the eddyline was definitely my struggle. The harder I push, the less control I have and the more I tend to impart...

So this initial alignment must be a fast one. Blast across the eddy line as high up in the eddy as possible and at a shallower angle...

Yes, thanks Steve and others for the good advice. I tried a new stretch of creek yesterday, spent 80 min going upstream...

Good advice.

You are a great ambassador for poling, Steve!

I've been trying to get people interested here for years. No takers, although a few have given it a brief try. Good luck.

The telescopic pole? Just don't. You can only climb hand over hand. They are not balanced. The fibreglass part won't take levering on a...