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Will Kimball
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- Anchorage, AK
- United States
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- Hometown:
- Anchorage, AK
- About Me:
- Learned to row on the McKenzie and Willamette rivers. Lived in Eugene for 30 years until I moved to Alaska in 1997, where I became (not necessarily in this order) a husband, father, a high school German Language, Biology and/or PE teacher and continue to be a fishhead, an affliction that started at a fairly early age in Oregon. To support my habit, I have owned or partly owned 3 wooden driftboats. I currently row a 17x54 Tatman kit boat here in Alaska. I fish anything that swims and spend much of my time on my beloved Kenai River, but often stray to other waters. I ran track and cross country at South Eugene High School and University of Oregon. I competed in 2 Olympic Trials in the Marathon (1996 and 2000).
- Boats I own:
- 17x54 Tatman kit boat and a 16' Mad River Canoe
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S'mores and that fishy feeling
Sitting here in my Wintry-March living-room, surveying the snowy moguls in my backyard longing for some open-water and wondering if this melt-off is going to gain some steam here, my memory kicks me back to early September 2011. Just a half a year ago, and yet it seems so long ago. People tell me that our kids' childhoods go by so fast and to enjoy every minute of this fleeting time. Man are they right!…
Posted on April 4, 2012 at 11:20am
Off the road system
Finally realized a dream of running a local Matanuska-Susitna Valley stream that is off of the road system. We had to haul our driftboat on the back of a jet boat 15 miles upstream and drifted out over the last weekend; October 8th and 9th. The boat was surprisingly easy to load up onto the jet boat:
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ContinuePosted on October 15, 2011 at 9:30pm — 5 Comments
Shoulders
So I rowed down the run a little ways and anchored up just above the tailout. The water is running Bombay gin clear today. We can see 3 large trout and a few dollies in 6 feet of water in the “V” just ahead of said tailout more clearly than if we’d had scuba gear. Mi compadre pescador irfshn is in the bow of Jack Salmon II and the omnipresent upstream wind swings him into perfect position.
irfshn in the bow of Jack Salmon II last Fall:…
ContinuePosted on July 24, 2011 at 10:57pm
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Sorry I did not get back to you sooner. My computer has been acting up. Stacking the boats was fairly easy as you load them when they are only half on the trailer. Once they are stacked someone does the winch and the rest lift up on the back ends. We have actually stacked up to six boats at a time. The sixth one is a bugger though as it has to be loaded after the other five are on the trailer.
I run a salmon tender in the Bay so don't get to do much fishing there anymore. I have spent a lot of time on the rivers in the area as I used to guide for a couple of lodges in the area. Brooks was always one of my favorites.I would like to fish the Kenai one day. That is such an awesome river.
Yes, the metal boats and the cold do not get along too well. Staying warm in one was always a trick. I always had propane heaters but they did not always do the trick.
Take care, chat with you later.
Herb
rick Newman
Rick Newman
Greg
Welcome to the site. Enjoyed your photos. I have had 3 17X52 Tatmans and have enjoyed them immensely. I usually refinished mine every year as I used it in guiding. Usually took me a week or so. Some 85 grit sand paper and a bunch of time was what it took. I used an orbital sander at times. I painted the outside of my boats so I would just roll that on. The interior would be brushed with Captains varnish. I usually took the inside rail off to better get at the top of the ribs and such. I pulled out the seats and tried to get it to a bare hull. Best of luck. The Kenai is great. I am in Bristol Bay for June and July.
Regards,
Herb Jacobsen