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TU tested: the Tornado Anchor
I'll be honest, I never really thought there was much difference in what anchor you choose for your raft or drift boat, other than the different types used for very specific river bottoms or volume of water. There are pyramid anchors, spike anchors, digger anchors, three sided ... or even a bag of rocks. They…
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Summer reading: ‘The Emerald Mile’
Our beloved Colorado River has been on my mind a lot recently. Low water, rising temperatures and new fishing restrictions have caused me to reflect on years past. While conditions may seem dire and it’s easy to get caught up in being borderline angry about the state of water in the West, I think now…
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Quick tip: use 2x4s for a drift boat trailer stand
I almost destroyed a newly refurbished wooden drift boat years ago by not checking on it for a couple of weeks
Raft-folk, you'll have no idea what I'm talking about, but if you own a drift boat and store it outside for any length of time you understand what a problem snow and rain can pose, no matter the material of your boat. I learned long ago that raising your bow in the air, chocking your…
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What’s the difference between a drift boat and a dory?
The short answer is nothing. They are one in the same... A drift boat (as seen above) is a type of dory, but not all dories are drift boats. Ask a few different folks in the fishing and boating world, though and you'll get a handful of different answers. This argument comes up time and…
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Do you even surf, bro?
What, does this have to do with fishing you ask? Nothing really, other than it got me pondering about utilizing whitewater techniques for fishing and vice versa.
The absurd image and video you see here is me taking one of my boats out for its maiden voyage a couple of weeks ago on the North Saint Vrain (thank you Charlie Bloch for the video). We got said boat more for paddling fun on local creeks and rivers, and stealthy fish missions --…
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Why you should always carry a spare oar
A few weeks ago my good friends who shall remain faceless and nameless to protect their identity/stupidity took a little trip to float a river just north of the Colorado border in Wyoming. Before the trip I was told they talked about the fact that they had somehow misplaced the spare oar for the single…
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Teach the kids to row their own watercraft
What do you do when the kids get a bit older and you're tired of handing out snack after snack on big river trips? Get them their own watercraft. We all want our kids to learn the river from their own perspective and to safely make mistakes and corrections while the consequences are low. The…
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