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By McKenzieDriftBoat.com

July 2010 Blog Posts (4)

Maiden Voyage

Well, the Zizumara got her first taste of the river. We ran the Lower Salmon River in Idaho on 15k...a very fun level! She got her first ding and had to be highsided through Wright Way rapid but still got us safely downstream and back to shore. Such a happy feeling.

The full blog post is at http://kellyneu.blogspot.com/…

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Added by Kelly Neu on July 27, 2010 at 10:27pm — 5 Comments

Christmas in July

Well, this is it - the grand finale of this big ol' project.

After having finished the insides, I re-flipped the boat and got back to what was left undone on the exterior of the hull. I woul have done this back when the boat was still upside down the first time, but there was some stuff on backorder and I'm impatient; so, here I am flipping the boat again.

Coated the bottom with the graphite & epoxy for about 4 coats. Then I…

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Added by John Greenleaf on July 20, 2010 at 11:22am — 5 Comments

More Drift Boat Trailers

You will also find trailers on Don Hill Boats site http://www.dhdriftboats.com/ under Accessories.

Added by David Edwards on July 7, 2010 at 2:33pm — No Comments

More Superfund Browns

In response to Gavin's comment #3 regarding my last blog post:

Yes I'm still in PA; in so far as any potential internet burglars may be concerned. Sorry we couldn't connect on the Lehigh river, all I can say is you HAVE to get fishing with me and Jimmy - the sulphur hatch is really bringing out some strange browns; they're taking # 2/0 creek chub flies. We needed some really big tippet.