A Day Off Splender

NuCanoe Frontier 12

Last year I was able to purchase a NuCanoe Frontier 12. after countless hours of web searching for the perfect 1 person fishing craft-for Fly Fishing. What did I look for -stability so I could stand and cast, site fish, haul and double haul -open flat deck to limit tangles and fouling -ability to customize -ability to add a motor and other electronics -puncture proof or at least very resistant -something with enough carrying capacity that I could do multi day overnight trips -storage -needed to be small enough to not take up all of the garage -needed to be gig enough -small enough for tight rivers -big enough for trips on big lakes-like Michigan, West Grand Traverse Bay, East Grand Traverse Bay, Lake St Clare etc -Not stupid expensive-which eliminates everything over $1500 bucks (my expensive may differ from yours). With this criteria I was able to narrow it down to the NuCanoe Frontier 12, Feel Free Lure and another brand but I forget the name so it ...

Trip to Wyoming

Not too often do people have the chance to go on adventure of epic proportions. 2 years ago I had the idea to travel to Wyoming and experience Yellowstone National Park and The Grand Teton National Park. We have been there before but we were blind. We didn't have any of the experience or the where with all to gain the experience to see the parks and see all they had to offer. We did see elk and bison but I wanted more. I wanted grizzlies and moose and bald eagles-THE GOOD STUFF. so, I bought books, researched the internet and talked to people. Everybody said, "Moose?" "yeah they were just there on the side of the road." "they were everyplace." I must have missed those roads. Nothing worse then when there's something that you want to do so bad and have never done and people are just like, "yeah, no big deal. Done it lots of times." ARRGGGGG!!! Our first night was in Rockford Illinois. No...

Muddy Paws and Puppy Dog Kisses

Who would have thought that in the fall of 2007 that the 5 pound black lab that we brought home would have turned into what we have now? On the crisp Saturday morning we had a long ride out to Lake Orion to pick her up. She was so small. 5 weeks old. Too young to bring home but the home owner wanted them out. So, for a hundred bucks and a hand shake we made our way home. On I-75 our black beauty pukes on the lap of my wife and then has some of the most heinous smelling rot butt diarrhea that also included round worms. That was it for Lori. The gagging started and then some puke on her own. On the side of 75 south bound I am tending to my sick wife and sick puppy and the messed up befouled vehicle that I would venture to say would never be the same after that afternoon. Our first dock jumping competition. Maddy surprised us. She had lightning speed on the dock. She got down that dock so fast and had a nice ju...

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