Ive never broken an ashpole either and totally agree, get (s)chewed from both ends, use both hands, you're not gonna see the pole behind you, but you will feel it! Also, I totally agree, about time we talk about handpositions on the pole, for sure you're gonna be two fisting it all up and down that thing! 😂😂😂 You're hilarious, or terribly awkward, or both! Couldn't help myself, no disrespect intended, laughing out loud though. Awesome stuff (& informative!), thank you!
3 minutes chock full of valuable information…I rarely go out without a pole and I have learned to be picky with my choice of wood…spruce is great…I have even experimented with sassafras and basswood…but sometimes you need something more substantial…there is a reason the old timers used to say…put the ash to it!
Early on for me the pole was whatever sapling I came accros that stood up to my bend test. When I added a paddle to one end I used an aluminum adjustable pole saw that an aluminum canoe shaft fit into. The knurled clamp of the adjustment eventually seized up an would no longer adjust. That combo was lost about 5 years ago so it held up for most of 4 decades. The current iteration is adjustable with spring button in holes but I wouldn't trust it in class 3 water. My current wooden pole is riven white oak.
Thanks for this. I understand the ash wood is much tougher than spruce. How does it compare to the aluminum? Would you use aluminum in pushy moving water, and if so, do you use different strengths of aluminum tubing? I understand that 1.125" Outside by 0.058" wall thickness is a common size for sport polers - would you want a thicker walled or thicker diameter pole for taking a loaded canoe into moving water?
The ash pole is for the pushiest biggest water. That’s what I use. I’ve never had one break. I don’t like the aluminum in water moving that fast because every time I want to use it I have to push it to the bottom before I can use it because it’s light That takes time sometimes that I don’t have in a big rapid and I like to just open my hand and watch that heavy ash pole sink exactly where I need it. My schedule is up. I would love to do a Poling session with you and we have moving water this year coming up and there’s also a guides course coming Up, so all of that is going to give you guaranteed canoeist tools in your toolbox for any place you wanna go. Thanks for watching.
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Ive never broken an ashpole either and totally agree, get (s)chewed from both ends, use both hands, you're not gonna see the pole behind you, but you will feel it! Also, I totally agree, about time we talk about handpositions on the pole, for sure you're gonna be two fisting it all up and down that thing! 😂😂😂 You're hilarious, or terribly awkward, or both! Couldn't help myself, no disrespect intended, laughing out loud though. Awesome stuff (& informative!), thank you!
3 minutes chock full of valuable information…I rarely go out without a pole and I have learned to be picky with my choice of wood…spruce is great…I have even experimented with sassafras and basswood…but sometimes you need something more substantial…there is a reason the old timers used to say…put the ash to it!
Thanks for the info very handy.
Early on for me the pole was whatever sapling I came accros that stood up to my bend test. When I added a paddle to one end I used an aluminum adjustable pole saw that an aluminum canoe shaft fit into. The knurled clamp of the adjustment eventually seized up an would no longer adjust. That combo was lost about 5 years ago so it held up for most of 4 decades. The current iteration is adjustable with spring button in holes but I wouldn't trust it in class 3 water. My current wooden pole is riven white oak.
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Thanks for this. I understand the ash wood is much tougher than spruce. How does it compare to the aluminum? Would you use aluminum in pushy moving water, and if so, do you use different strengths of aluminum tubing? I understand that 1.125" Outside by 0.058" wall thickness is a common size for sport polers - would you want a thicker walled or thicker diameter pole for taking a loaded canoe into moving water?
The ash pole is for the pushiest biggest water. That’s what I use. I’ve never had one break. I don’t like the aluminum in water moving that fast because every time I want to use it I have to push it to the bottom before I can use it because it’s light That takes time sometimes that I don’t have in a big rapid and I like to just open my hand and watch that heavy ash pole sink exactly where I need it. My schedule is up. I would love to do a Poling session with you and we have moving water this year coming up and there’s also a guides course coming Up, so all of that is going to give you guaranteed canoeist tools in your toolbox for any place you wanna go. Thanks for watching.