Happy National Canoe Day! 🛶
From choosing the right fishing canoe and mastering your casting technique to epic trip stories and inspiring rescues, these articles showcase why canoes remain a favorite way to get on the water among anglers.
In today’s newsletter, we’re exploring:
🎣 Why you need to try fly fishing from a canoe
🛶 Best canoes for anglers
🔨 DIY canoe storage
➕ And plenty more stories and inspiration below 👇
The Ultimate Guide To Fishing Canoes
Many of the best canoeing adventures begin with the lure of wild fish, a hard-to-reach lake, and the challenge of how to get there. A good fishing canoe can not only deliver you to backcountry honey holes, but can also be just the right craft for hauling in fish when you get there. So here are the most important factors that go into finding the best fishing canoe for you.
Kayak Anglers Conquer The Adirondacks By Canoe
Four accomplished kayak anglers set out on an 85-mile Adirondacks expedition in a pair of canoes, enduring punishing portages, rough weather and remote wilderness in pursuit of fish, friendship and a deeper appreciation for backcountry travel.
Why You Need To Try Fly Fishing From A Canoe
Fly fishing is, to most enthusiasts, the most beautiful form of fishing. It’s most common to see pictures of fly fishermen standing characteristically waist-deep in a stream or river, but Ben Duchesney shares his opinion on expanding this art form to larger bodies of water by way of the canoe. Learn to cast from a canoe and you’ll fall in love with the beautiful combination of canoeing and fly fishing. You may even catch a few.
Quick Casting Tips
The power of the cast comes from your wrist and arm movement.
Slow is smooth and smooth is stable. If you have trouble timing the cast, slow down.
Before you get in a canoe, practice your technique from the lawn while sitting flat or kneeling. Then, try in a canoe on your own.
8 Essential Items For Your Backcountry Fly Fishing Trip
When every ounce counts, these eight backcountry fly fishing essentials deliver the performance, durability and packability needed for remote paddling and fishing adventures.
The DIY Canoe Storage Hack You’ll Wish You Tried Sooner (Video)
Learn how to turn a few inexpensive hardware-store supplies into a simple ceiling-mounted storage system that keeps your kayak or canoe protected, accessible and out of the way.
The Happy Camper Ditches Trusty Canoe To Try Kayak Fishing
An old-school canoeist battles the bite with a double blade.
Record New York Brook Trout Caught From Canoe In Backcountry Pond
Big effort met with big reward on remote Adirondack fishing trip
Benjamin Ferguson caught a record-breaking brook trout while fishing a remote pond on a three-day canoe trip. The previous record was set in 2013 by Rick Beauchamp with a six-pound brook trout; Ferguson’s new record fish beat the previous record by three ounces.
In an interview with Brian Connor of Big Woods Bucks, Ferguson opened up about his record-setting catch.
Man Arrested For Hiding Illegal Catch By Capsizing Canoe
A man was arrested on suspicion of illegal spearfishing for protected Goliath Grouper and obstruction of officers upon capsizing his canoe to obscure evidence.
Teen Rescues Deer From Ice-Logged Vermont Pond
On Vermont's Derby Pond, a 19-year-old avid hunter in a canoe went in for a bold rescue of a doe that had broken through the ice.
Can’t Choose Between SUP, Canoe Or Kayak? Try A Hybrid
Mixing the best features a canoe, SUP and kayak has produced some interesting offspring, so maybe it’s time you tried fishing from a hybrid.
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