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This river has been discussed a bit here lately, so I decided to post a brief trip report. This is a trip I’ve done a few times...

Another advantage to back-country tripping.

If you bring the axe down quickly near the middle of the phone that should work. Or take the axe and head out to where there is no...

Both Harry Rock and Garret Conover explain in their books that the advantage to being trimmed upstream end light in a current is that...

Seems like the answer is: "it depends". Thankfully when poling, trim is easily adjusted on the fly by means of hopping.

Right and right. I just picked a single simple example to imagine, but yes I assume a mid-stream would serve as well.

The last cabin I stayed in also had an awesome free-standing coat rack made from a whole small tree with the branches trimmed and...

Modern technology is awesome sometimes. Sometimes the old ways are just as good or better. It's nice to find traditional practices...

My father’s 1873 Winchester rifle was hung on two crooks above the front door. My replica of a .62 caliber flintlock Northwest Indian...

I am now inspired to forage for some crooks to hang my axes on the wall instead of standing on the floor. Jim

My Scandinavian ancestors on my mother’s side of the family, made these hooks in the old country. They carved them with intricate...

Let me see if I understand correctly. Say you're facing upstream in an eddy on river right (so the shore is on your left). Is your...

When traveling upstream I like bow light trim, how much depends on current strength. When re-entering the main stream from an eddy I...

I appreciate tradition and experimentation. If you want to, I say try it. But personally I'd start with reversible modifications. Try...