The Bear Creek Mirage: First Time Out
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After removing the eyeball catcher from the tree limb I ran the Mirage through its whitewater test again and put some new battle scars on the hull.
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Monthly Archives: February 2010
Fishing from Canoe or Kayak: the Sea Anchor
Downwind the boat handled well and made excellent time, but the return leg of the voyage was trickier. The single keel rib gave such little purchase in the water that the canoe spun like a leaf in the little puffs of wind, and I only got back by tacking back and forth across the wind and paddling madly.
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Buck’s Alpha Crosslock Folding Hunter
I have a personal grievance against camouflage as decoration. There’s better logic in attaching flashing lights to a good knife — if you drop the camouflaged version in the brush, the chances of finding it aren’t great.
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