White Salmon River Fest 2019 by colinkemp | Jul 29, 2019 | 2015 Zen, Event Coverage, Events, Whitewater, Wrap Ups14th Annual White Salmon River Festival 2019 Event Recap With the conclusion of the 2019 White Salmon River Festival, the organizing committee is happy to share that over 350 people attended seven events throughout the two-day festival. The festivities kicked off at...
2018 – A Year of Surprises!! by Jessie Stone | Jan 11, 2019 | Playboating, Rockstar 4.0, Whitewater, WW Disciplines2018 has been full of surprises. Most have been good and some have been life changing. Though I have known and been waiting for the Nile to be dammed for a long time, it did finally happen in November this year. Despite many people’s effort to stop this effort and to...
Tips for catching and landing halibut by Sean White | Dec 25, 2018 | FishingHalibut are one of my favorite summer time pursuits as they are a challenge to catch and make incredible table fare. Where I live in Northern California halibut are a seasonal fishery, but in the Southern California they are present all year. Lots has been written on...
Securing your gear by Sean White | Dec 23, 2018 | Fishing, Fishing Instruction, Instructional, Internationalisation, United StatesKayak fishing gear is expensive. On any given trip I will load over $2000 worth of gear into the back of my truck. My typical gear includes dry suit, pfd, paddle, fish finder, battery, rods, seat and a myriad of accessories. All of which will be damp and smelly for...
Ski Rack Hack by Sean White | Dec 14, 2018 | Fishing, Internationalisation, United StatesTransporting all of your kayak fishing gear can be a challenge. Fishing rods are no exception. The advent of long rods for flies, jigs, and bobbers have only exacerbated the challenge. On a recent trip to Oregon one of my buddies had solved this dilemma with a...
Halloween Paddle on the White Salmon 2018 by heatherherbeck | Nov 1, 2018 | Event Coverage, Events, Internationalisation, Uncategorized, United States, WhitewaterNot much water, but tons of Ghosts and Goblins We’ve lived along the banks of the White Salmon River for over 13 years. And, it has NEVER FAILED that when the Annual Halloween Paddle would happen, we’d either have just the right amount of water to paddle the...
Glissade Chute and the White Salmon by teamjk | Sep 17, 2018 | Creeking, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesLooking over at the glissade chute next to me with sweaty sunscreen dripping in my eyes made me want to take a step off the struggle bus and jump on the joy train, but I kept on trucking. Two of my friends, Max Posner and Nick Gilbert, and I went on an epic...
The “Other” White Salmon by kylethomas | Sep 6, 2018 | Creeking, River Running, rivers, Uncategorized, Video, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesThe Pacific Northwest, the PNW, #pnwonderland. What river comes to mind for you? For me, being formerly a southeast paddler, I only heard about one river in the PNW, the L Dub, the Little White Salmon River near White Salmon, Washington. It’s as if no other river...
The Hairy Lemon by Jessie Stone | Jul 15, 2018 | Internationalisation, rivers, United States, WhitewaterEven though the end of the Hairy Lemon has been looming for several years now because of the construction of Isimba dam and the flooding that it will cause, receiving the news suddenly on July 5th ( while I was at the Lemon) that this weekend would be the last weekend...
Soft Power Health’s Trip down the Nile by Jessie Stone | Apr 21, 2018 | Internationalisation, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, United States, WhitewaterFriday March 16th is a cloudy, cool morning. The weather looked overcast, but nothing like the day before when 10 hours of nonstop rain pounded the Ugandan red clay landscape. I had a small river flowing right down to my banda and wasn’t sure I would make it...
Soft Power Health Experiences the Nile First Hand by Jessie Stone | Apr 17, 2018 | Internationalisation, United States, WhitewaterFriday March 16th is a cloudy, cool morning. The weather looked overcast, but nothing like the day before when 10 hours of nonstop rain pounded the Ugandan red clay landscape. I had a small river flowing right down to my banda and wasn’t sure I would make it...
The Royal Polaris knot by Sean White | Mar 9, 2018 | Fishing, Fishing Instruction, Instructional, Internationalisation, United States, VideoI have been fishing with spectra super lines for a long time. I am always on the hunt for the perfect connection for my leader. Over time I have gone from the Uni to Uni, to the Bimini Twist, and then to the Sebile (aka SG). Like everything else, they all have their...
