SirCranksalot

Check out the Swift, Langford, and Novacraft websites. They all make good canoes.

A plastic surgeon? Really? So do you have to wait in line behind a bunch of women getting boob jobs??

If she likes to paddle(as opposed to the OP who was looking for something stable to fish in IIRC) do not get a Sportspal. Find a place she can 'test drive' a good 14 footer. If she needs light, buy kevlar. It costs but it will give her a more usable and pleasurable canoe.

Big O in the light crayfish pattern, or white. (I've even hooked a steelie on the cray pattern) Hot'nTots when I an find them.

Pelican makes a whole variety of different size waterproof cases. I have 1 for my camera.

I hear there's a big class 6 rapid on that river too!!

I have trouble with the concept of "wasteland"(no such thing IMHO) and the "middle of nowhere". The "middle of nowhere" is where many of us spend time and money trying to get to, hoping nobody got there before us. Check out the first verse! /www.greatbigsea.com/music/discography/songdetails.aspx?songid=43e5c4a9-2f92-465f-8549-f350c7386788

Too true!!

Think vegetarian. Mac and cheese is a veg meal. So is rice and beans. Pasta made with TVP(soy) tastes similar to that made with ground beef. One of my faves is Grace brand rice and beans--it's fairly spicy.

Why not keep the ice in the container to avoid having water in the cooler?

This topic got started on Mike Solo's Dusey trip thread, so I'm posting here rather than hijacking. I have always been reluctant to use steel leaders when fishing for bass or walleye and there are pike around. ( I have never targetted pike). I have the impression that a steel leader interferes a bit with the action of the lure and could be visible to the fish. In the last few years I have not used any special leader for pike and have rarely had a pike bite off the mono. A couple of weeks ago I was in the Nakina area. I caught quite a few pike and had just one cut the line right at the boat. I'm interested in hearing if you use the newer fluro leaders. I understand that they are quite resistant to being bitten off by pike, but I find that a bit hard to comprehend, given that they are plastic. Your comments? thx

I use 1 L juice containers---cranberry etc, squarish so fits well.

I'm not sure who's "more hooked'---the fish or your son! Anything special about those leaders? Looks like heavy duty mono as well as a heavy duty snap and swivel. And I agree ---your report is waay better than that guy solopaddler ever posted!

Find a river mouth at dusk and use flies.

Just for the record, my OOS threads did not get locked down. They got blown away---twice! The first time I thought maybe it was because of my subtitle?

You don't speak 'Southern"

I posted the original thread---twice---and it got deleted both times. I assume it must have been a software glitch because there didn't seem to be any good reason to delete. I know God works in mysterious ways, but there seems to be a lot of that going around.

Wow, and wow! One quick question, Mike: Are you booking again for the first week of June next year or will I? Pls advise ASAP!

I use pipe but I've also used the ultimate el-cheapo solution-----a long cardboard tube from a carpet store.

I loth my myths on Lake Simcoe lath year and now I have none!

That specks sink into the depths come summer, only to reappear in fall. They couldn't go all summer w/o the food that's in shallow water. They sneak unto shoals and near rivermouths at disk to feed on insects etc.

I guess it's different strokes for different folks, but I'm taken aback by the number of people who adulterate freshly caught fish by adding other stuff to it. It seems a bit like 'chicken fried" steak you get down south i.e battered.

We wait with "baited" breath! Tick-tock-tick-tock!

I was in that area last week(Marshall L.). Lots of pike and walleye. Mike (Solo) did a fly-in to a speck lake the same week in the same area. The lodge owner gave us an idea of the specks that were caught. I'm waiting for Mike to post his report. I'm sure it'll knock your socks off, as well as mine.----stay tuned!

When the Bell guy asked why I was was switching I said "price and service---that just about covers it". I still have a Bell cell but nothing else. I could tell a few stories----don't get me stahted!!