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Try sitting in the bow seat backwards with some weight under the stern seat (I used to use rocks, water in gallon jugs, secured in a burlap sack or a pack so they don’t roll around) will make the canoe more even keeled, should make it handle bettter. I don’t understand why people that live...

Friends of mine in and around the town of Ely call Piragis, Piranhas, none shop there, I do go in to look at their books, make notes of titles that I later check out at home from the public library or order on line. Never spend any money to support them. Ely Surplus a few doors down the block...

Tsuga8……. If you never NEEDED a fire in the rain then probably you don’t know how truly lucky you must be. I never NEEDED a fire in the rain except for a handful of times. I won’t go into those times, but if you are tall and thin you may run into Mother Nature’s dark disposition called...

I have always lengthened or shortened my axe handles 28-30 inches (711mm-762mm) to make their length close to the same as the double bit cruiser axes I grew up using. For safety ie, hitting what needs chopping as opposed to whacking a leg with an under strike and preventing over striking which...

If I were you, I would complain to Fjallraven long and loud about that rain proof anorak. Nothing worse than rain gear that doesn’t work. The only two cases of hypothermia that I have personally seen, have been due to poor rain gear in cold autumn rain. Both cases were caught early enough that...

MyKneesHurt…….. That’s funny, I never thought of my Fjallraven anoraks as rain gear, only wind proof, never used their wax either, I wanted them to be semi breathable. I wear the ones I have most days in the fall, winter and early spring as a wind proof outerwear over appropriate for the current...

I don’t particularly like the bushcraft movement and YouTube videos where some guy tells you how to build a bug out kit in his mothers basement from military surplus, then takes you out to some patch of green space, to fumble around with it trying to show you how it all works in case of the...

I have slept in quite a few tents in my life, from lousy pup tents to big canvas Quonset hut contraptions. I like Whelen’s lean-to’s and wall tents with wood stoves. However, above tree line (altitude or latitude) nothing beats a Hilleberg tent. My own is the Nallo four person which is okay for...

Today I received in the mail a most wonderful gift. It is a a vintage Woods Pack, with the leather axe pocket on the left side. I have for years lusted after one of these packs, now I am the recipient of one from our friend and co-member of the forum, Memaquay. Just wanted to publicly give him...

I have read his books from the University of Alaska Library, Fairbanks campus. Lesser know than some other authors but just as insightful in the joy of outdoor living.

I just came home from picking up a new Gordon Setter bird dog pup in Culver, Minnesota, which is 15-20 minutes out of Duluth. While waiting for the pup to get old enough to to fly, as carry on luggage and to get a health certificate, I visited both Duluth Pack & Frost River Pack stores. My...

As you realized, this is a great place for information. Take all you need from a diverse bunch of old grizzled gezzers and new high tech kids. I had been a lurker for a long time prior to joining. Very glad I did, as I have made many great friendships over the years. As Jim said above, welcome...

You guy’s use a Strap on? Hhhmmmmm…….

Gamma……. That’s just how the drug dealer gets you hooked, little free sample, next thing you know you are on some skid row creek bank sleeping under your canoe. Don’t take a taste of that kool-aid. There are probably enough of us old fossil/gezzer types here to form a support group if you need...

Hopefully you didn’t spit that gob in your mouth into the lake, that’s what it looks like you’re about to do.

I dug out my canoe packs this afternoon, my #3 from 1968 showed nothing. A lesser used #3, that was given to me by an old college friend, had faint moose head with MONARCH above in an arc. I then looked at a #2 that I have, it has the moose head, the MONARCH above it and below the moose head the...

Mr. MacGrady…… Don’t think either one of us will make it to the age to challenge that record. ………Birchy

Jim…… Looks to me like a really sun & rain bleached Monarch model of a Duluth Pack from back a few different ownerships ago. They were made with 18 oz canvas with some other details, which I can’t remember (extra stitches?Double bottom?). That’s what my 1968 one is, but mine has faded to a...

“The Maine Woods Pack” thanks to Hank D. Thoreau for the inspiration or “Art D-eluxe Pack Company”. I am starting to skim coinage from my retirement account to my must have one of those packs. My now discontinued Duluth Pack Company, Northwoods Pack (their version of the Woods Pack) is...

tketcham…… Lynx are good, nice white meat, you just don’t need Jimmy sitting across from you, as you take that first tentative bite. Jimmy of course let out a big MEOW. I have eaten it many times since. ……BB