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Countless hats. A pole, a carbon fiber paddle (ouch). My plastic jug bailer affectionately dubbed "He-wee".

It's a thing Mike Krepner put together before he went on to map out the Northern Forest Canoe Trail. From the Kellyland Dam on the St. Croix it heads west through the lakes, up Grand Lake Stream, a lift over at Dobsis Dam, then the Sharkfin Portage over to 4th Machias. The centerpiece of the...

Looks like fun, with relatively little upstream work.

We poled up Caucomgomac Stream to the lake. Rugged. Ciss Stream is a thoroughfare between Round Pond and Caucomgomac lake. Pretty country. Allagash Lake, while having no vehicular access, seems like the boundary waters: Everyone goes there because they think it's remote. but it is very...

Well the good part is that it won't roll off when you lay it across your gunwales. A slight bend shouldn't make a difference.

Yes I believe my first swim of the season came in fourth overall.

The Northern Forest Canoe Trail is sponsoring an event in/near Burlington Vermont. 10AM canoe poling clinic at Junkyard Rips, Winooski River (location may change due to water levels), Afternoon paddle, Dinner with featured speaker Matt Hopkinson (yours truly), about my upstream challenge: 180...

Wisht I knew about this forum before. For grins, last summer I did a fundraiser and actually raised over $3K. I paddled/poled 400 km upstream from the head of tide on the Penobscot (in Maine) up to the headwaters of the West Branch Mattawamkeag. 11 days, 6 hr, 10 minutes. Right up there with...

Murat, they work better than you might imagine. See my article http://voodoocanoe.com/old/everglades/everglades04.htm. I made a couple for metal poles made by Hayden Canoe Pole. When you bring the pole forward, the rudder action puts to foot behind you. Then you plant it and push off. We've...