Hey Greg,
I just bought my boat this summer and it had some leaking along the chine. I have it torn down to the plywood having removing the chine cap. Believe it or not but whoever built it used drywall screws and ringshank nails for the plastic bottom. Seriously.
Anyway, thanks for the welcome. My favorite floats are the lower Willamette and Leaburg down to Hendricks. Tight Lines.
Greg,
Thanks for the welcome! I went to last years fest a usual annual trip. I was happy to see the drift boat confab. As an un-seasoned fly fisherman I had pondered building a drift boat; really got encouraged by Fletcher's Drift Boats and River Dories. Right now my affliction is a Sam Devlin Egret and a William Garden Eel. I'll submit photos soon!
Greg we have had as many as 24 boats show up. The fishing on the Snake will be poor due to runoff but the Firehole, Madison and Gibbon in Yellowstone Park ussually fish well. They open on the 23rd of May. The Henry's Fork in Idaho also opens on this day. Fishing on the lakes in Jackson Hole is very good at this time. Call me anytime to chat about this.
Yep, North Carolina. Currently in Asheboro (between Charlotte. and Greensboro). I'm here just thru the spring as I build my first drifter. Actually this first one is a stitch and glue, but I plan a wooden boat next year. You're right about Charlotte, no hunting or fishing at all; but plenty of traffic! I'm headed back out west next summer. Wy, Mt, and Idaho. I've got a friend in Seattle so I might get to Washington and who knows even Oregon. Y'all have got some great rivers out there! Scary though. I'm not ready for that. I saw the pics of your float on the Rouge. well, off to work on the boat. No glue today as it's 28 now with a high of 39. Damn cold for this part of the world.
Greg
Just looked at your pics of you running the graves creek/blossom bar sec of the river. Man that's nuts, let alone in a wood boat. We had 3 people drown in that section last year.
Thanks for the welcome. I live right on the middle Rogue at the Griffin park section. There is a good drift here from Whitehorse to Hog Creek Also live about 5 miles from where the Applegate crosses the redwood hwy.. Would be happy to help out with any cane rod questions you might have. Looking at building a tateman for the river.
Thanks for the welcome Greg. I am at the glue up stage and the weather is not cooperating. As soon as it warms up in my garage I will glue the scarfs and pray for a rapid curing. Stitching the parts together is next and I feel fairly confident except for bending the bottom 1/4" plywood. The bottom needs to deflect 18" in 36". Not sure it can be done without Kerfing. Any thoughts?
Did you even know that I had wooden boat fantasies? I guess because it seems so naughty for a cranker/metal john boater to venture into the land of the real fishermen and wooden boaters.
Mad scramble, but the results are great, She rows as good as anything yet! Options were taken off the table before I got in on it so..... Black and tan is it.
I went places on the Deschutes I've never been and I've been around on that creek more than most. I'm stoked!!!
At 1:40pm on December 23, 2008, Mike Dearing said…
Greg,
Well I'm leaving for Christmas for the next four days but when I get back maybe I'll throw a thread about a canyon trip up early and see what everybody thinks.
Most of the time the only problem with trying to organize a trip like this is just picking a day that will work for most people, but if I get it up there soon it might give people more time to re-organize there schedule to make things work.
If a trip like this happens it needs to be after or before permit season. Personally I would like to see it happen before, reason being there is usually more water in May, and IMO the river is more forgiving when there is more water then less, to a point.
Anyways we'll see whats consensus is.
Mike
At 6:19pm on December 22, 2008, Mike Dearing said…
Hmm the boat show sounds interesting. I may go if I can get my bow babe(my wife) to go, shes a fair weather boater only though.
What I would be really interested in is getting a bunch of wood boats together for a canyon run though. I am surprised this hasn't been though of yet maybe it has, I haven't been here to long.
Don't let my group scare you off from coming along. As of last night only one of my buddies has confirmed that he and his wife will go so that makes a grand total of two boats going! We started doing this winter trip about three years ago just to ward off cabin fever for me pretty much. And most of the time I am lucky to get any more then this one buddy to go with me. You have to be "die hard" to really enjoy this trip. I like cause there is literally no one else down there. We are lucky to see anybody for the three days we're down there. We stopped into paradise a few years ago for a cup of coffee and the caretaker (I cant remember his name) told us we were the first people he had seen in a month.I also enjoy seeing the canyon in its different phases and its really unique in the winter. But I am kinda of wierdo and I like camping any time of the year, but I have all the gear for it too.
I was looking at the flows today and they will most likely be somewhere around 5000 when we head down maybe higher, this should make for very little flat water pushing and cover all the rocks in blossom besides the horn rock and volkswagen. I think it was the year before last we ran the right side of blossom believe it or not. Was very exciting to say the least, huge hole right beside the top horn rock but other then that just big standing waves and pretty much a straight shot down to the eddy at the bottom.
Anyways it up to you obviously and we would be willing to help you do the lining and show ya the ropes down the rest of the river, but if you want to wait thats cool too. Mark your calendar for the may 8-10th cause that will be the next for sure Rogue trip for us.
Mike
At 4:33pm on December 22, 2008, Mike Dearing said…
Yeah the Illinois is pretty much an experts only river. I felt like I was ready for it last year, but the logistics of running it just never panned out for me till this year.
I was trying to remember when I started all this river running stuff and I think it was in 01 or 02. I really cant remember, so I only have 7 or 8 years experience which is a drop in the bucket compared to some of the guys on this board like the Helfrich's, but I do have a lot of miles piled up in those years.
I have a question for you, have you attended the wood boat show I see advertised on this board before? I knew they had one out of state somewhere like Idaho or something like that, but I didn't know they had one here. I ask because I would be interested in attending, but I would really only do it if they put in and ran part of the McKenzie. Not that I wouldnt like to meet people and see their boats, but the river running part is what would sell me on it.
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I just bought my boat this summer and it had some leaking along the chine. I have it torn down to the plywood having removing the chine cap. Believe it or not but whoever built it used drywall screws and ringshank nails for the plastic bottom. Seriously.
Anyway, thanks for the welcome. My favorite floats are the lower Willamette and Leaburg down to Hendricks. Tight Lines.
Thanks for the welcome! I went to last years fest a usual annual trip. I was happy to see the drift boat confab. As an un-seasoned fly fisherman I had pondered building a drift boat; really got encouraged by Fletcher's Drift Boats and River Dories. Right now my affliction is a Sam Devlin Egret and a William Garden Eel. I'll submit photos soon!
Thanks for the note. I am glad to have found this forum. I look forward to the comments and pictures.
Regards,
Herb
thanks for the welcome note.
Hope to be around for AJ's party/show this May. You should try and get up here if the weather is nice.Cheers,
Jeff in Jackson
AJ
Just looked at your pics of you running the graves creek/blossom bar sec of the river. Man that's nuts, let alone in a wood boat. We had 3 people drown in that section last year.
The new album you added was really fun to look at. That looks INTENSE!
Thanks for sharing!
-jk-
I went places on the Deschutes I've never been and I've been around on that creek more than most. I'm stoked!!!
Well I'm leaving for Christmas for the next four days but when I get back maybe I'll throw a thread about a canyon trip up early and see what everybody thinks.
Most of the time the only problem with trying to organize a trip like this is just picking a day that will work for most people, but if I get it up there soon it might give people more time to re-organize there schedule to make things work.
If a trip like this happens it needs to be after or before permit season. Personally I would like to see it happen before, reason being there is usually more water in May, and IMO the river is more forgiving when there is more water then less, to a point.
Anyways we'll see whats consensus is.
Mike
What I would be really interested in is getting a bunch of wood boats together for a canyon run though. I am surprised this hasn't been though of yet maybe it has, I haven't been here to long.
Don't let my group scare you off from coming along. As of last night only one of my buddies has confirmed that he and his wife will go so that makes a grand total of two boats going! We started doing this winter trip about three years ago just to ward off cabin fever for me pretty much. And most of the time I am lucky to get any more then this one buddy to go with me. You have to be "die hard" to really enjoy this trip. I like cause there is literally no one else down there. We are lucky to see anybody for the three days we're down there. We stopped into paradise a few years ago for a cup of coffee and the caretaker (I cant remember his name) told us we were the first people he had seen in a month.I also enjoy seeing the canyon in its different phases and its really unique in the winter. But I am kinda of wierdo and I like camping any time of the year, but I have all the gear for it too.
I was looking at the flows today and they will most likely be somewhere around 5000 when we head down maybe higher, this should make for very little flat water pushing and cover all the rocks in blossom besides the horn rock and volkswagen. I think it was the year before last we ran the right side of blossom believe it or not. Was very exciting to say the least, huge hole right beside the top horn rock but other then that just big standing waves and pretty much a straight shot down to the eddy at the bottom.
Anyways it up to you obviously and we would be willing to help you do the lining and show ya the ropes down the rest of the river, but if you want to wait thats cool too. Mark your calendar for the may 8-10th cause that will be the next for sure Rogue trip for us.
Mike
I was trying to remember when I started all this river running stuff and I think it was in 01 or 02. I really cant remember, so I only have 7 or 8 years experience which is a drop in the bucket compared to some of the guys on this board like the Helfrich's, but I do have a lot of miles piled up in those years.
I have a question for you, have you attended the wood boat show I see advertised on this board before? I knew they had one out of state somewhere like Idaho or something like that, but I didn't know they had one here. I ask because I would be interested in attending, but I would really only do it if they put in and ran part of the McKenzie. Not that I wouldnt like to meet people and see their boats, but the river running part is what would sell me on it.
Mike
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