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Agreed! My suggestion was merely for durability's sake. They do require a strong set of pipes to pick up. Kevlar canoes are something else, aren't they?! Last one I picked up at the Outdoors Show was 34lbs. Totally ridiculous! Love it!

Ok - agree to disagree. Done the same, found differently. My main concerns with aluminum in a river is that they dent or kink by far more than other materials (like non-Kevlar laminates) and the weight makes launches, portages, and lift-overs kind of suck. Although thy were the mainstay of...

Lighter, yes. "Faster" in theory maybe, but probably no practically. Perhaps a marginal difference, but how fast you go will be more determined by your prevailing winds/current, paddling style, stroke, and the weight of you and the gear you stuff in your canoe, which will be proportionally...

Hi Swift canoes are good. So are Souris River canoes. Scott (I believe their high end is Winona) is also very good. These are among the principal Canadian canoe manufacturers. I personally like the Quetico 17 by Souris River, mostly for its extremely light weight and relatively good...

If you're so inclined, it'd be great if you posted that video on YouTube or something, then posted the link in OFF for us to see! Marc nevermind... saw the video. Thanks. That's amazing!

Hi Fisher12, Re: the shot line Some may give you a different interpretation of it, but as I see it the shot line is essentially a separate piece of mono between two swivels that you use to place your shot/weights. Sounds elementary, and it really is. The rigging usually goes like this...

I see my question was somewhat addressed already in this post, Blair. I guess I'm looking for new ideas, more so than the basics.

Hey Blair - beautiful fish. Some days its hard fishing down there, some days it's just fantastic. I'm hoping to head there this weekend or the next, so if I do I'll post on how it goes. Work keeps me tied up 90% of the time, so right now I'm using the cover of darkness to tie flies like a mad...

Blair: I can fully attest to Blair's comment above... the credit does have special considerations at times but, bows are bows are bows and if you need to be reminded of how they devour your presentation, come on down to the Niagara river. See Branden or Angela from Peter's Tackle and Bait for...

Do you have any advice on access points or floating stretches, if you don't mind giving me a tip or two (so I can ponder and forget it by March, haha)? A private message might be best. I tried looking on Google Earth and it seemed to show a lot of riffles below Eglinton. I am not sure of the...

Thanks guys, for the advice. If the steelhead are slim pickings, I'll head elsewhere. For the record, I'm not opposed to anything with fish and gills. I haven't earned the right to be a species snob :-) I've caught most everything there is to catch on a fly rod, and I think that bank for...

Looking for some advice re: tactics for centerpin/floating the Humber for trout in the "open all season" zone of the map on this site. Can anyone offer some insight to a newbie to the area (but not fishing). Perhaps private message me with specific access points or runs that'd be better to give...

Maybe you should talk to the rep for that company :-) Depends on the size/weight of the reel, retrieval rate, etc. I think your best bet is to match the reel to a rod and line that you want to use for a specific species. That should put you in the right direction for which reel will best suit...

Hi - I'm looking to buy a float rod for my centrepin "habit." I've wet my feet and caught some decent fish with a low-end rod but I'm thinking about something new. Specifically: Loomis GLX 13' or 15' Can anyone offer advice on whether there is a comparable rod or at least similar/competitive...