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  • Boats

    Update: Raindog Boatworks’ Two-Person Dory Build

    A few weeks ago, we introduced you to a radical drift boat design from Justin Gallen over at Raindog Boatworks. Today, we have an update from Justin on how the prototype boat is progressing.  From Justin… When we left off last, the boat was still on the strongback.  You build a form with cross members…

  • Trout Talk

    On native trout, wild browns, and common sense

    TU has done more to protect and sustain and restore native trout species than any other organization, and it’s not close.

    It’s always good to chat with my old friend Tom Rosenbauer, host of the Orvis Fly Fishing Podcast. Apparently, the episode we did together last week caused a few folks some concern because they couldn’t understand how I could like fishing for brown trout and other wild, though non-native fish, and at the same time…

  • Boats

    Caption this photo; win some gear

    By Tim Romano This week we're going to launch an occasional Caption Contest series here on The Thalweg. The idea is pretty darn simple.  I'll post an image — most likely something goofy or with a little humor in it — and you all write your best captions for said image. You can write as…

  • Trout Talk

    Two short films very much worth watching

    Snowy winter days don’t necessarily blot fly fishing from my mind—in fact the opposite often holds true. Winter is film season, and here are two gems with great purpose and conscience, supported in large part by my friends at Costa. Mighty Waters features legendary Bahamian guide Ansil Saunders, who guided Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.…

  • Trout Tips Boats

    TU Tested: The LavaBox Portable Campfire

    When I first stumbled across the Lavabox, it was a head-slapping “DUH” type of moment and I knew I immediately must try one out for an upcoming float trip.

    Do you like fire?  As in, “warm your hands and feet with a cup of something delicious and a marshmallow” kind of fire?   I love fires while camping, floating, and of course even in the back yard. But... fires take a little bit of work, time to set up, and there's always the cleanup.…

  • Boats

    Taking rafting to extremes

    Would you float the highest commercially rafted waterfall in the world?  If you’ve been lucky enough to visit New Zealand, you know what an amazingly spectacular place it is. You also know the Kiwis take their extreme sports quite seriously and typically push everything to extremes.   Well, their approach to rafting is no different.   While…