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Instead of just talking about thousands of articles why not link a couple? "Hook the fish, play it as you bring it to the boat quickly. Pop the hook out but leave the fish in the water when possible. (Nobody needs pictures of small fish.) Revive as needed. If it is to be kept, quickly...

My buddy sent me a few pictures. This is a 12' hammock built for a guy 6'3", 250#s. This is how big it is packed. About the size of a football. This is the end detail. It's six zigzag passes to form the gusset then the Amsteel is passed through and tied. The knot is tucked into the gusset. The...

As promised, my ugly mug doing the thing.

I know what my post says, I'm, also not going to keyboard argue over how I fish. You have your opinion and I have mine. Enjoy your evening, your canoe and eat some fish.

While I appreciate your concern for our local flora and fauna, I promise you I am not applying undo pressure to our fish population. The scads of giant fiberglass bass boats with the big loud motors ripping up and down the waterways down here might be, but not me. I cover maybe two miles in a...

I like to fish with ultralight tackle, it makes small fish a lot more fun to fight. You catch a lot more small fish than large ones, so... I'm tough on my stuff so I tend to gravitate to the less expensive side of things now-a-days when it comes to rods and reels. I pull them apart, slick...

Wow, that's some gnarly stuff. I should plan a whitewater trip, I've never done anything like that. Bucket list and all, ya' know.

That copper looks amazing set into the wood! Man, it has got to be hard to drill 3/4" holes at the waterline in your boat the first time. Are lining holes typically added fore and aft?

Well, I can't find my hammock, and I'm not going to lie, I'm a little panicked...I have the tarp for it that I made, but the hammock isn't where it's supposed to be. It sits on the shelf between my Hennessy setup and the tarp, both of those are there but it's not. I have looked high and low, I...

Maybe I get one of those and she gets the OTS119 to try out for a while....hmmm.

:LOL: I wish it was that easy. I'm probably going to have to swap with her for a while and let her try it out, she may go for it then but no promises. She's paddled that yak all over Louisiana and Texas, it's got a lot of fond memories attached to it. I'm honestly not going to push it, she...

I mentioned to my wife about possibly moving to a canoe last weekend and you would have thought I told her I was going to sell our grandson. LOL I'm sure she's down to paddle a tandem, but she's not gonna give up that kayak easily for solo stuff.

Once I have the parts here I'll mock it up before I drill to see if it's actually going to work. I did a quick CAD to explain what I mean. This is the idea for off the bow (stern will be similar):

Thanks for the warm welcome Steve. I'm honestly really happy with my canoe after last weekend, of course I don't know any better either. I've rented tandems a couple of times, but this past weekend was by far the most I've ever paddled a canoe. I've spent countless hours in a pirouge in my...

Hmmm...interesting.

I use Dyneema rope (Amsteel) a lot, for it's size it's super tough and doesn't stretch. I wonder if it's the same material just woven and not braided into rope? I'll do some research into some of the build threads to see how to use it. This is the stuff I'm taking about...

I've never heard of Dynel; is that something like the synthetic boards used for decking? Ok, so building my own may not be out of the question if I can make it a tank to handle the abuse I'll throw at it.

I didn't forget you guys, I just got back into town late last night. I tried to go back to Hammock Forums to my build thread and it's no longer there. They had a data problem a few years back and lost a lot of good info. I still need to look for the photos on my old computer and if all else...

I added 1/4" Amsteel bow line with a float. I also added my GoPro on the front thwart rail. The box dropped in pretty good. I have a few things I definitely want to do to it after the initial paddle. First I want to change the seat. The stock seat is comfortable for an hour or so, then it...

As some of you guys may know, I'm new to canoes, but not to paddling, I've been kayaking for years, but I'm at a point in my life where kayaks don't work for me anymore. That said, I really don't want to stop paddling and fishing from micro-craft, I enjoy it too much. Enter the humble canoe, the...