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Personal Flotation Devices 101
What Does ‘Pounds of Buoyancy’ Mean? A buoyant apparatus is anything that can float and hold up weight. For instance, if you had a Type III PFD that is required...
Boot Fitting Tips
When fitting boots, we look for about a finger width between your longest toe and the front of the boot. This small space allows you to walk downhill without banging...
Decide Which Canoe is Best for You
Any canoe is a displacement watercraft. They displace a volume of water that is equal in weight to the sum of the canoe/kayak and its load. All displacement boats have...
Why Buy an Expensive Fly Rod?
What you pay for when you spend more than $300.00 for a fly rod (and potentially up to more than $3,000!) is not readily apparent to everyone. Is it just...
Fly Rods for Small Streams
Conventional wisdom on “small stream flyrods” dictates a very short rod, usually 7’ or under, fast action concentrated in the tip, and light line so that the small trout in...
Paddling With “A Stick”…Greenland Paddles Re-discovered
When I first saw people paddling with Greenland style paddles I laughed at them and called them names. I wondered why these folks were not progressive, why they did not...