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Thanks. The Garcia canister is the one I have.

I'm thinking, something like this...

I wouldn't throw it away. I have an 8.5 footer that I keep in the Solitude for when I navigate the occasional shoals in the Snake. It's short enough to stay out of the way while paddling a medium length solo, but long enough to be useful when needed (and avoid grinding a paddle). If I ever put...

That was a fun thread to revisit!

Welcome, @Floating Upstream !

I'm still trying to just get my dog to stay in the canoe sitting on the lawn. She says "nope". Weird, since she gets in the bathtub willingly.

Same reason I carry the InReach. ;)

Speaking of peeling out.... I prefer pushing off with the pole on the eddy side again, so I can then lift the pole forward and over for a crossdraw/Duffek? into the current. With the pole, that's much easier than doing it onside. So much more leverage, with less effort.

It can be done that way, and if I happen to approach the rock with the pole already on that side without stopping or if there's a deep hole below the rock that I can't find the bottom I might. But it's often easier to to plant the pole in the eddy water, and a hard push off that side naturally...

Yeah, don't take dangerous risks pushing your limits when alone. But I've done a lot of learning by mistake on features just above pools where a swim is easy to recover from. Sometimes with witnesses, sometimes not. :)

I'll try to describe it better. I was actually thinking about describing this as I was doing it yesterday. Picture a midstream eddy below a rock. If I want to go up to my left of the rock, I'll push off on my right, in the eddy. The angle of attack will look almost like I'm going to peel out -...

@RickR - I would encourage you to try exiting the eddy bow first, taking advantage of all the momentum aided by the eddy, and immediately edge hard on the stream side to bring the bow up. A pole plant on the downstream side as you carve your turn into the current keeps you moving up. It's an...

I honestly don't know how to make a pole with metal shoes quiet. The bolt spikes are noisier than the conical bronze shoes on one of my poles, but then it's a heavier pole.

I should try that sometime, but I think a rubber end cap won't last long in the rivers I pole.

I have mixed feelings about the punishment, but if all that is true it wreaks of gross negligence. I can understand the court having little respect for the person who misrepresents himself or herself as an expert guide for profit and causes such an accident.

Definitely makes it easier to control the bow going against the current. But requires more thrust per FPS. Wind complicates things for sure. I was fighting a headwind while poling down the lower Payette in the Coho one day. Current was strong and the wind kept increasing. Eventually, I was...

Yes, @ABT - great post! #7.... Amen to that.

Maybe that's what I'm seeing. Or one accentuates the other.

This is why discussing it will never be as helpful as getting the boat in the water and practicing. Learning by repeated failure is the way. It does depend on a lot of variables, including which boat you're standing in. I break these bow light/heavy "rules" all the time, depending on the...

The flare is obvious in that boat!