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Author: cschanilec

This stable craft will win no races but it is a fishing delight. The model is a hybrid, with the hull of a kayak, the storage capacity of a canoe, and the stability of a boat. Not only can you stand in an Ambush, you can also fly fish and use it as a swimming [...]

Category: Canoe Reviews
Author: cschanilec

The only drawback of this canoe is that you may neglect your job and family once you’ve purchased one. Retailing at $1,019, this royalex-sided craft is astonishingly light weight at 33 lbs. Couple that with 32” width, and the Pack Angler can go just about anywhere, needing only 4 inches of water to float [...]

Category: Kayak Reviews
Author: cschanilec

The Discover Sport Canoe borrows a page from the old French trappers who needed to cross big waters laden with mounds of beaver pelts. This canoe is enormous, over 15’ long and can carry 1700 lbs. It’s generous beam and full-length stabilizing chines add to its stability. The square stern is built to take an [...]

Category: Kayak Reviews
Author: cschanilec

Affordable and light-weight, this solo canoe can be slung onto your car with ease and get you into the roughest backwaters. Weighing in at 33 pounds, the Pack Canoe needs only 4” of water to slip through. This canoe is built using royalex, a light-weight material just as durable as poly products, though it will [...]

Category: Kayak Reviews
Author: cschanilec

The Carlisle Footbrace Kit is the Cadillac of footbrace kits. At $49.50, you are paying more than your standard kit, but the Carlisle model has several advantages. The two runners are 22 inches long, giving kayakers more than a half of a foot extra length to work with, and the action of the runner is [...]

Category: Kayak Reviews