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    Tsuga8 reacted to eckilson's post in the thread First swim of the year – Lower Poplar on the Dead (ME) with Like Like.
    Yup that’s it - same level too. In that video you can see a canoe going down the right side of Upper Poplar. That is the open boat...
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    Tsuga8 replied to the thread The Maine Guide Paddle.
    Very cool paddles with a great backstory. Look and sound like they fit the bill to me (not that I'm any sort of expert). I'm gonna...
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    Tsuga8 reacted to VA paddler's post in the thread The Maine Guide Paddle with Like Like.
    Not offering any opinion here, just evidence, neither for nor against. My wife’s great grandfather was the owner operator of Camp...
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    Tsuga8 reacted to eckilson's post in the thread First swim of the year – Lower Poplar on the Dead (ME) with Like Like.
    There are rivers that aren’t too difficult if you take the right lines, but can be brutal if you don’t. I was on one of these rivers on...
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    Tsuga8 replied to the thread The Maine Guide Paddle.
    That's interesting, Al. I won what was supposed to be a Penobscot paddle from S&T in the NFCT auction. The Penobscot is the same blade...
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    Tsuga8 reacted to Boatman53's post in the thread The Maine Guide Paddle with Like Like.
    Well I just had a good laugh at myself. When I saw that pic of your paddles I thought to myself I’ve got one just like that on the far...
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    Tsuga8 reacted to Robin's post in the thread The Maine Guide Paddle with Like Like.
    I purchased an old Bobs and it came with this six foot paddle. I’m pretty sure it’s cedar, 30” , about 8” at the widest point. I prefer...
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    Tsuga8 reacted to D J Hayes's post in the thread The Maine Guide Paddle with Like Like.
    Great discussion! My son and grandsons gifted me an S&T Guide paddle two Christmas' back to commemorate our October trip down the...
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    Tsuga8 reacted to lowangle al's post in the thread The Maine Guide Paddle with Like Like.
    Nice paddle Alex. I have three of the same ones. An ash 72" beavertail with elongated grip from The Bark Canoe Store, a 60" S&W 1897 in...
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    Tsuga8 replied to the thread Quiet Blade Shape.
    I was referring to the side of the blade - as you say the spline in the bottom should prevent damage to the tip. I was surmising...
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    Tsuga8 reacted to yknpdlr's post in the thread Quiet Blade Shape with Like Like.
    Caleb's Tremolo paddles (at least at one time with the several that I have) at the very thin tip were carefully thin sawed split and...
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    Tsuga8 reacted to gumpus's post in the thread Jokes and Laughter for the Day with Haha Haha.
    Thought I'd share a recent experience that struck me as funny. I'm paddling upstream on a hot day over the 4th of July weekend when I...
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    Tsuga8 replied to the thread The Maine Guide Paddle.
    MyKneesHurt has some merit to their argument - whatever paddle a Maine Guide uses is a Maine Guide paddle. And let's not forget Maine...
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    Tsuga8 reacted to Benson Gray's post in the thread The Maine Guide Paddle with Like Like.
    The link below has more about Alexandra Conover's paddles and her ideas about blade tip design which contribute to the lack of balance...
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    Tsuga8 reacted to lowangle al's post in the thread The Maine Guide Paddle with Like Like.
    What I see in Alexandra's stroke that helps with the weight is that she doesn't move her lower hand much. Her upper hand moves back and...
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