Here's our Bell Canoe Works "Northwind": 16' 6". Its assymmetrical hull and tumblehome make it fast and very
stable.
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Fishing canoes - Lets show them
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Posts: 39 10/04/2009 21:29 |
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OnlyTrout |
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Posts: 91 10/04/2009 22:07 |
Hey, I have a couple of plastic canoes too (see pics) and I use them a lot. But beware the warnings in this thread, like anything you get into, there is more
cost than is obvious at first. For example, getting old and not wanting to lift canoes on top of the vehicle -- so what to do -- Oh, thats easy, just buy a
trailor and outfit it with nice looking cedar, license plates, spare tire, etc. Crap, I could have bought a couple of nice rods for all this. Then there the
storage of 4 canoes. The wife thinks I belong somewhere in the Northwest Territories.
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jgriffinmtka |
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Posts: 7 10/04/2009 23:45 |
This is my home built wood strip tripping canoe.
Built for the Boundry Waters and smallmouth fishing with cane 
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Pete from MA |
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Posts: 98 10/05/2009 09:50 |
I have a beat to crap 12 ft Sportspal canoe (the one with the foam floats attached along the outside). That canoe is used and abused but WOW is it stable and
light. I've even taken the web seats out of it and now just have a light aluminum webbed garden chair I put in it (I like sitting up a little higher). It
is so comfortable and stable to fish out of ...its an ugly canoe ...but its heaven to fish out of and its light (I think its 40 pounds) all I know is that I
can lift it over my head with 1 arm. beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. I should add that I love classic canoes & boats & I've been looking at
an adirndack guide boat... just beautiful and elegant .. but that SPORTSPAL is an odd beast.
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OnlyTrout |
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Posts: 92 10/05/2009 10:06 |
Pete, I like your style.
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WatercolorMan |
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Posts: 1475 10/05/2009 14:29 |
I love hanging out with a group that knows how to go over the top. . .
great gear guys ! |
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reelmaker |
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Posts: 111 10/05/2009 17:47 |
Here are two I built more than thirty years ago...my pre reel days...a 14 trapper and a 20 with lines much like a White guide...And a very much younger me....
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MJF |
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Posts: 16 10/05/2009 18:06 |
The canoes in this thread are incredible. I have always wanted a beautiful hand crafted canoe. Maybe some day.
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sharps4590 |
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Posts: 167 10/06/2009 06:29 |
jgriffin & reelmaker, those are simply gorgeous.
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bswild |
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Posts: 403 10/07/2009 18:23 |
Beautiful boats, guys. Those cedar and canvas canoes are what the English call "The Shite." I'll own one of my own someday. Oh, by the way: Bell
Canoe, located in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, is a non-profit company, and nearly all of its workers are disabled. They're very well made canoes, best of the
newer ones, IMO.
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robcane |
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Posts: 426 10/07/2009 20:14 |
That's some great info. on Bell Canoe... had no idea. They are indeed beautiful boats.
Here's one of my favorite canoe quotes, from the old bard of the Boundary Waters, Sig Olson... easily one of my favorite outdoors writers. "The movement of a canoe is like a reed in the wind. Silence is part of it, and the sounds of lapping water, bird songs, and wind in the trees. It is part of the medium through which it floats, the sky, the water, the shores....When a man is part of his canoe, he is part of all that canoes have ever known." -Sigurd Olson, The Singing Wilderness, 1956 We few We happy few We bamboo brothers |
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Buck Henry |
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Posts: 238 10/07/2009 20:32 |
Well, my rig is not very sexy, but it floats and it and the vintage outboard cost me a grand total of $100 about 15 years ago. It is one of those old square
stern aluminum canoes and the motor is a Sears 3HP outboard that is so old, I have to buy that lead substitue for the gas. I use it to motor up the
Chattahoochee tailwater here in Atlanta and then float back down to where I put in. And that little 3 horse motor will move me along at a pretty good clip!
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shakeylee |
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Posts: 175 10/07/2009 21:08 |
i was waiting for a square stern to show up.that's what i want next.nice canoe.i think my girl likes the w/c canoes though,so maybe that's the route to
go.one of each?haha
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OnlyTrout |
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Posts: 97 10/07/2009 23:15 |
robcane wrote:Robcane, Thanks for the Sig Olson quote. It really struck a cord with me. If you know your paddle strokes, you can canoe a river without a sound, becoming one with nature, observing all around you without leaving a trace. It's very special. |
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New D28 |
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Posts: 44 10/08/2009 08:42 |
Absolutely gorgeous boats, and the thread has started at a fortunate time for me, as I am going through the "what boat" questions. Live in the
Adirondacks, and previously had a wooden sea kayak (heavy), Hornbeck (very light, but tippy and not stable in high wind), pontoon craft (heavy and unwieldy to
paddle long distances). Now have a Native Ulitmate, love the boat, stable, can stand up, pole, cast, etc. but heavy and difficult to get off the roof of my
Jeep. So, all of that being said, am in the market for lightweight DRY fishing craft, getting too old to freeeze in a float tube in the fall and spring. Bell
Bucktail keep coming up, in Kevlar, but keep hearing not that stable. Also considering the new Scott PSG that was in The Drake and Fly Fishing America (?)
magazine, essentially a fiberglass Rangeley, with motor. Doesnt solve the light weight carry issue, but is dry, stable and made to fish from. Anyone have
other ideas? Or have the Scott, as I REALLY like the looks of this boat, even if it is fiberglass...
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OnlyTrout |
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Posts: 98 10/08/2009 09:19 |
New D28
I sent you a message. |
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robcane |
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Posts: 427 10/08/2009 09:49 |
OnlyTrout,
Olson's writings, as you may know, are brimming with that type of wisdom. If you are unfamiliar with his stuff, scout around for a couple used books and you won't be disappointed. 'Singing Wilderness,' or 'Wilderness Days' or practically any other work. He truly captures the spirit and lyric of canoeing and fly fishing in the North Country. D28, If light weight is what you're looking for, you really can't go wrong with Kevlar. Now, it's not well-suited for fast moving, rocky rivers... tends to hang up on rocks at the most inconvenient times. But if you aim to use it on lakes it performs beautifully. My friend and I have a Kevlar Wenonah 'Minnesota II'... 18'6" I think... weighs right around 42 pounds. I can lift the boat with one hand. It absolutely flies on lakes, tracks like an arrow. We did make the mistake of taking it down a whitewater river full of rock gardens and had to do some patching upon return. Due to its rigidity it doesn't absorb sharp impact well. But for lakes it's fantastic. I'm sure Wenonah or Bell Canoe makes a nice stable Kevlar boat that would suit your needs. Rob We few We happy few We bamboo brothers |
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spruce grouse |
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Posts: 1428 10/08/2009 11:30 |
What I have - good for maneuvering in tight spaces. (Also have an 18' Wenonah for tripping).
That's not me - it's a pic from the manufacturer's website. 
What I want. This is where appgap chimes in and says he has three of them. 
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New D28 |
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Posts: 45 10/08/2009 12:59 |
Spruce-that is too funny. I have never paddled the Placid Boat, but was worried it had the same issues my Hornbeck did. Same with ADK Guideboat. I have
coveted their products for a while, and was on the fence about their Fishing Dory and bought the Hornbeck instead, primarily due to weight issues.
Only-thank you for that link, that is a brand that I was not familiar with and appreciate the lead. |
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gespliesste |
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Posts: 373 10/09/2009 00:08 |
Summer vacation on the Willamette river Oregon. One day I will buy me a wood canvas canoe!
Visit my Website
www.handgespliesste.de |
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