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Mike, you are definitely correct about stability. You can stand in a Riverhawk with no problem. Gheenoes are nearly as stable as well.
But I have to respectfully challenge what you said about weight or ease of paddling. 🙂 The reason your B-60 Riverhawk is so stable is not only hull design – it is also because it is big, heavy, and wide as all get out – which makes for tough paddling. My 16.5′ Alumacraft is big and heavy as canoes go, but if you want to leave your outboard at home and grab a paddle, I think I could beat you in a race.
Also, my canoe cost $400.00. Can’t get a Riverhawk for that.
Carter, I’ve thought about trying one of those outrigger setups for a while. The main reason I haven’t is because it seems like it would get in the way while you were trying to land a fish. Have you ever tried one?
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Two words. Lee boards. Simple and easy to build and don’t get in the way. One is good. two are better.
sounds like it might be a good idea to go on a few educational voyages in nice warm water so eveyone can learn what you can and can’t do.
That’s excellent advice. Thanks Zach for helping promote my sale ;). No shameless commerce here, but I picked the discovery because it had more of a flat bottom than the rest. It makes for a better family canoe and casting platform. If I were looking for a family canoe today I would also look into a good used grumman 17 foot alum canoe with the shoe keel. They are extremely stable and rugged. A very forgiving canoe. If you’re going to be spending a lot of time on still water, casting, you might want to look into some leeboards. Cheap anti tipping insurance.
Steve. I’ll give you my opinion. You can spend a ton of money on a reel the main purpose of which is to store line. My 4wt has a cheap diawa die cast reel. It’s an eight foot rod used mostly on Wisc, streams. I’ve caught sixteen inch browns on it and never felt the need for a fancy drag. For heavy steelhead fishing I use a Pflueger or Ross single action,because they are reliable. I’ve had multipliers explode under heavy use from steelhead or salmon.
Trout. I agree wholeheartedly. What we need in this country is a couple more refineries, but the cost of compliance puts builders off. Thereare plenty of places to place them tht are relatively environmentally innocuous, plus it would drive the cost of gas down.
Why, if everything else we buy is made in China, are we still making harmful chemicals like oven cleaner here?
Modern life depends on chemicals. Unfortunately some of them are harmful. From the article it looks like the railroad is to blame.
BTW. A lot of the plastic feedstocks come to us as a byproduct of making steel and from the petroleum industry. Graphite comes to mind.
bamboo fly rods are made with two tips because bamboo has a tendancy to take a ‘set’ if subjected to too much bending. It was expected that the user would alternate tips.
Bamboo is very romantic but is more maintenance intensive than either glass or graphite. Impregnated rods are less so, but it is a good idea to check the varnish every once in awhile so that no bare bamboo is showing. the glue joins will absorb water. A goood paste wax a couple of times a year will also help.
Although I own a couple(Orvis Madison in 6wt and a nice little Phillipson in 5 wt.) I don’t fish with them all that often. I prefer graphite or glass. I think they are more rugged and versitile and less a pain in the ass.
But ,you see, I learned to fly fish with a bamboo rod and greased silk fly line.
I have a brother that fishes only bamboo so there is room for everybody.
If you are considering buying one ask the maker if you can test drive one of his/her models. Not every maker is an artisan and even two rods made with the irons set at the same taper may not have the same action. Impregnating bamboo rods was an attempt to get a consistancy of action out of an inconsistant material.
see if you can get ahold of Carmichaels book on bamboo rod building. That will give you more information.
