Recent content by Gamma1214

I think he needs a stripper. (I mean, everyone likes strippers, right?)

Welcome. I don't know much about repairing hogged boats but I'd wondered the same about the cause. I have to doubt that the center thwart would have kept that part of the floor from caving in so it seems likely that the canoe had been stored upside down with some heavy weights fore & aft...

Yep. They even cut & pasted the "about" write-up where they talk about their Moscow, Idaho headquarters. (they did, however, remove the phone number from the "contact us" section).

I remember those days. My first trip (BWCA) included wrapping the center thwart in pool noodle & duct tape... didn't work badly IMO. Incidentally, I've still never used a portage yoke. I now tie the paddles in & use them instead. Out of curiosity @yixak: How long was that 1st portage?

Welcome. I'll certainly be interested in the responses to your other thread but I can't help there. I've been practicing becoming a gram weenie while building more strippers.

I'm not normally pessimistic but I'll make an exception: Snow is a pretty good insulator so those beasts are probably fine. I've always thought (perhaps wrongly) that extreme cold without snow cover was better to kill some of them off. Speaking of snow cover... it wasn't too bad here. We got...

We REALLY need an eye-roll emoji option on the "like" bar. :rolleyes:

Interesting. I've seen people keep buckets of fish overnight (no water) to be cleaned in the morning but always thought it was better to knock them apart ASAP because I thought fish started to rot pretty quickly. I've always soaked fish to remove more blood from the filets (I use salt water at...

In order to prevent thread drift, I'll ask here if the general consensus is that I'm being reckless... I've always used Nalgene bottles for storing fish on trips. I don't want dead fish laying in my boat all day or fish carcasses in camp so my solution has always been to pull ashore, clean the...

There's no doubt that they're gettin' good. Won't be long at all until we'll be wondering: "Is it live (real) or is it Memorex?" With all the AI, Chat CTP, etc, one has to wonder how we'll discern fact from fiction in a few years, let alone if an aspiring photographer or writer will really...

We carried those canteens everywhere when we were kids but I haven't seen one in ages (it looks good with your outfit). I carry a variety of containers these days and they're all very different which helps to avoid confusion. I take 2 smart water bottles for daily hydration as they are thin...

We could do that.

Welcome to the conversation(s). Packsaddle Gap is my backyard & the Allegheny River is on my bucket list. Always good to see another PA paddler.

I have a Brother-in-law that's 6' 7"... If he were inclined to kayak, he might wield it as a "high angle" windmill. Honestly, he's pretty used to nothing fitting him. He had to stuff himself in my old Ranger once and we almost had to grease him to get out.