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Working with stone masons for quite a few years an old salt showed me a trick , when stuck in mud throw some hydrated lime in the rut ,works like a charm just wash off your tires asap.

As I look out my window on my nice green grass covered with snow ,I reflect on what wild swings weve had in the weather seems as if the weather hasn't been right since they sent that sputnik up !

Those pack rods sure are handy saves a lot of broken tips and colorful language. If your not into hi-tech you might look into an old trailmaster rod made by wright mcgill, they came with an aluminum case . They are ofen on ebay or at flea markets for prices that don't equal a small mortgage...

Never seen that Tankara rod before , years ago a few mfg. made steel rods on the same principle but heavy & with dull action , is that graphite , hows the action ?

JagDaddy, Perhaps :rolleyes:

How do you stow them when underway ?

Great thoughts on what to do with line ,stripping in line to work a streamer turns into a spider web for me. Do you ever drift with wets like they do in british lakes ?

Any fly fishers here. what type of gear do you carry on your trips. Do you fish drys or wets. what length of rod do you carry?

It was bound to happen, even Robin has gone to the dark side . I guess I'll have to give up venison and beer for gardenburgers & bottled water. Abandon buffalo plaid for duds that make me look like a tropical fish. Oh well !

I've always thought the epitome of outdoor knives were of the Marbles woodcraft & expert design , sadly all are made overseas nowadays the quality suffering greatly, they were the tool everyman could afford. Now are choices are substandard crap or custom knives only the affluent can afford...

Ofentimes, those strange sounds you hear are your own, I've experienced some pretty strange echos both in the woods & on lakes.

Steve Watts recently passed away. A loss to traditional outdoorsman everywhere.

Thanks again Odyssey, I't amazing any canoes are left from that period the way they drug them across rocks & timber !

Wood smoke & running water, wood canoes & bamboo rods, I'm ready to go !

On long trips,I start out with a #7 frost river pack (tarp & clothing ) and a bean pack basket (food & expendable goods) by the end of the trip the pack basket fits inside of the #7 as supplies are exhaused.In colder weather my tent is lashed to a pack frame.When not portaging the skys the...

Thanks Snapper for the advise, thats the way I've been gravitating towards. My beans basket (maple veneer) fits inside a #7 pack so thats its home & my pete ricard ( veneer also ) is for my ice fishing gear, my other one is made of oval reed but I treated it with a turp/oil/pine tar mix which...

look on reviews on paddling.net, quite a few critiques about using it as a solo tripper. if its RX you should not hesitate as the new poly canoes are lead sleds.

I currently own three pack baskets, one old LL. Bean similar to those made by the current Maine pack basket co., A current Pete Ricard & a custom made Adirondack style made for me by Baskets by Dot of maine ( so beautiful I'm afraid to use it.) All maid in different styles & materials. I do...

Thanks yellow canoe, just viewed the trailer, got to see the film, could people today survive one day doing that? Thats when men were men and women were proud of it.

anyone here fans of this film, great video about maine backwoosmen in the raw , remindes me of the series " the one eyed poacher & the maine woods" by Edmund Ware Smith in the fiftys.