I thank you! I just returned two days ago from the Bonaventure river for my second time. I was the only poler again. The water was 40 to 50% higher and it was unrecognizable to this. Brilliant, but different.
Nice! Keep videos like this coming. I pole a canoe around the Ozarks region of southern Missouri. I first heard of the Bonaventure 30 years ago but sadly have never made it up there.
Well you are in one of the centers of poling so keep at it and maybe I can get there some day and you up here. Thanks for commenting! We are in this together.
Subscribed! I did a bit of poling today on a Northern Ireland river. We were working our way upstream and it got too shallow to paddle. Looking forward to your next viseo.
I am heartened to hear this. I may go to Ireland in the future (my daughter-in-law's family is there) and now I can see that I may get to canoe as well! Thank you for the sub.
I hope that you will have more water than I did, but it is more challenging in some respects at low levels. It is called not wearing the bottom out of your boat!
Nice video and you seem well prepared with all those other poles in the canoe. I think I'd be wearing a ww helmet while standing up in that rocky river. Would only take one awkward fall...
I always carry spares for breakage and if they get jammed and I have to drop it. I also wanted my buddies to have the opportunity to use a pole... but not yet. I usually wear a helmet in conditions that concern me, but this wasn't one of them. Safety is safety, though. Thanks for mentioning it.
Thank you. So you must do this. Looks like you are in Southern Ontario, so you have lots of streams and low water in the rivers. It will expand your options!
Great footage. How is the camera mounted? You've got some solid technique. Poles can always see the best lines. The thing that makes you a really good poker isn't what you can run but where you can stop.
This is high praise from you. This is about a Mark 10 iteration of a mount going out the back. Light weight gas tube. If you think that is a nice view, check out the full canoe and river view on this video around 20 seconds in. I managed to capture the whole canoe ua-cam.com/video/_LIWnZX9N1k/v-deo.html actually around 2min. 50sec. in you can see a picture of the canoe with the mount.
Absolutely! Since you are "retired" i would suggest you ask around to see if someone has some canoeing books published pre-1975. The classic Pole, Paddle and Portage by Bill Riviere and Bradford Angier's offerings maintain that the actually "ideal" way to run rapids is with a bowsperson with a paddle and the person in the stern with a pole. Tandem poling was traditionally the way to go upstream if there were two people in the canoe. To be honest, I have only one very comfortable poling friend and I hope to work on the tandem poling this year with him. Dave Conley of Canoe the Wild ( ua-cam.com/video/aVMiWW_tId4/v-deo.html ) has many videos posted showing folks with tandem pole/paddle pairs. This are not pros but his guests on his trips. As far as making it look simple, I maintain that it is easier to learn than paddling. Everyone balks and worries that they will pitch out of (or more likely, into) their boat, but my experience is that within an hour of starting, folks are so intent on getting their technique down, they have stopped even thinking about the fact that they are standing in a canoe. The other thing is that since the basis of most poling advantages lies in the limiting and controlling your speed, so that stuff comes at you more slowly. Think of walking through a slalom course rather than skiing through.
@@canoepoler LOL!!! I am a very novice paddler and I'm still getting used to sitting in it, much less standing... Hopefully I will get more time in soon. I will be working on launching the canoe next, but I will work my way up to poling it. You just keep these videos coming!
All of it. Beautiful in every way, but we could have used more water. I feel sorry for anyone doing it with less flow than us. I must see if I can figure out a flow rate number some day for when people ask me. Oh and it is truly the poler's destination river!
@@canoepoler What time of the year did you run it? I'm not looking for high water, I love low technical solo water, with a lighter boat, otherwise its a drag. There must be a flow rate chart for the Bonaventure. Not sure where to look.
@@downeastprimitiveskills7688 We were there the middle of june, which is the normal time to run if you don't want flood. Cime Adventures in Bonaventure does the shuttle and understands the flow rates. I recommend that you get them to do the shuttle for you.
What is the pole made off and the length Think we would only have bamboo which is flexible here. 2 weeks I am 5 day Canoing a deep slow river. Higher reaches has some fast rapids Wanganui/whanganui simple for me. Partners first multi day I am your Southern commonwealth cos A Kiwi
Kiwionwing morton Hello! So most like a pole from 11' to 12' in length. I like longer in case i need it. I use spruce and ash for wooden poles. Many use aluminum (aluminium? ;) ). I think that bamboo should work if you cap the ends so they won't split. Diameters are wood => 1-1/4", aluminum => 1-1/8" and i wouldn't go less than 1-1/2" for bamboo. Also wear gloves for bamboo for the joint rings. Cheers!
@Christopher Kolkema You certainly can! Most canoeing manuals included poling before the 1980's. Often it would be claimed that the ideal way to negotiate rapids was with the stern person standing with a pole and the bow person with a paddle. Both canoeists using poles was also the norm for ascending swift water. You must understand (obviously...) that the person poling should be comfortable with poling and the person in the bow should be aware that they shouldn't do anything overly rash! :)
I haven't to try it yet, but tandem poling upstream sounds excellent since you can alternate pushing and holding, which should aleviate going backwards when lifting your pole. @@canoepoler
@ryanperry7673 Paddle Canada, American Canoeing Association and British Canoe all teach poling. Contact any of them for courses or to find an instructor! If you are in Canada: www.paddlecanada.com/levels/canoeing/canoe-poling/. The other option is to just make a pole and start experimenting now. Get a canoeing book that has poling in it. Just start!!!
I've been scanning the internet for the last couple months trying to learn about poling a canoe. Excited to see more videos!
Well you have come to the right place. Subscribe, cuz i am on a serious crusade to bring poling back. I have many more videos in the works. Cheers!
Bravo! Nice to see a lost art being revived.
5:20 is sweet. very nice navigating the low water!
I thank you! I just returned two days ago from the Bonaventure river for my second time. I was the only poler again. The water was 40 to 50% higher and it was unrecognizable to this. Brilliant, but different.
Nice! Keep videos like this coming. I pole a canoe around the Ozarks region of southern Missouri. I first heard of the Bonaventure 30 years ago but sadly have never made it up there.
Well you are in one of the centers of poling so keep at it and maybe I can get there some day and you up here. Thanks for commenting! We are in this together.
Subscribed! I did a bit of poling today on a Northern Ireland river. We were working our way upstream and it got too shallow to paddle. Looking forward to your next viseo.
I am heartened to hear this. I may go to Ireland in the future (my daughter-in-law's family is there) and now I can see that I may get to canoe as well! Thank you for the sub.
@@canoepoler be sure to get in touch if you do. We'll get out for a polling session.
I want to do the Bonaventure in the summer of 2021. I think I will bring a pole. Thanks for the video.
I hope that you will have more water than I did, but it is more challenging in some respects at low levels. It is called not wearing the bottom out of your boat!
Nice video and you seem well prepared with all those other poles in the canoe. I think I'd be wearing a ww helmet while standing up in that rocky river. Would only take one awkward fall...
I always carry spares for breakage and if they get jammed and I have to drop it. I also wanted my buddies to have the opportunity to use a pole... but not yet. I usually wear a helmet in conditions that concern me, but this wasn't one of them. Safety is safety, though. Thanks for mentioning it.
Great Video!
How did you get through? Walk? Ha!
Sorry . ;)
Yes we did a little walking!. You always make this look so easy. It is an awesome technique that I will have to learn for 2020!
@@tomharman4442 I will hold you to it!
well i've never done that before. Very cool. Subbed
Thank you. So you must do this. Looks like you are in Southern Ontario, so you have lots of streams and low water in the rivers. It will expand your options!
Great footage. How is the camera mounted? You've got some solid technique. Poles can always see the best lines. The thing that makes you a really good poker isn't what you can run but where you can stop.
This is high praise from you. This is about a Mark 10 iteration of a mount going out the back. Light weight gas tube. If you think that is a nice view, check out the full canoe and river view on this video around 20 seconds in. I managed to capture the whole canoe ua-cam.com/video/_LIWnZX9N1k/v-deo.html actually around 2min. 50sec. in you can see a picture of the canoe with the mount.
You make that look so simple. Can this technique be used if you're going tandem?
Absolutely! Since you are "retired" i would suggest you ask around to see if someone has some canoeing books published pre-1975. The classic Pole, Paddle and Portage by Bill Riviere and Bradford Angier's offerings maintain that the actually "ideal" way to run rapids is with a bowsperson with a paddle and the person in the stern with a pole. Tandem poling was traditionally the way to go upstream if there were two people in the canoe. To be honest, I have only one very comfortable poling friend and I hope to work on the tandem poling this year with him. Dave Conley of Canoe the Wild ( ua-cam.com/video/aVMiWW_tId4/v-deo.html ) has many videos posted showing folks with tandem pole/paddle pairs. This are not pros but his guests on his trips.
As far as making it look simple, I maintain that it is easier to learn than paddling. Everyone balks and worries that they will pitch out of (or more likely, into) their boat, but my experience is that within an hour of starting, folks are so intent on getting their technique down, they have stopped even thinking about the fact that they are standing in a canoe. The other thing is that since the basis of most poling advantages lies in the limiting and controlling your speed, so that stuff comes at you more slowly. Think of walking through a slalom course rather than skiing through.
That's cool!
Ok now it is time to stand up for yourself!
Hey, that was pretty good, eh?
@@canoepoler LOL!!! I am a very novice paddler and I'm still getting used to sitting in it, much less standing... Hopefully I will get more time in soon. I will be working on launching the canoe next, but I will work my way up to poling it. You just keep these videos coming!
@@inthewoodswithbigfoot3941 That is all that matters... keep working at it. I'll be here!
@@canoepoler I'll keep watching!
I hear the Bonaventure is a must do river, clear sweet water. How much of it did you do?
All of it. Beautiful in every way, but we could have used more water. I feel sorry for anyone doing it with less flow than us. I must see if I can figure out a flow rate number some day for when people ask me. Oh and it is truly the poler's destination river!
@@canoepoler What time of the year did you run it? I'm not looking for high water, I love low technical solo water, with a lighter boat, otherwise its a drag. There must be a flow rate chart for the Bonaventure. Not sure where to look.
@@downeastprimitiveskills7688 We were there the middle of june, which is the normal time to run if you don't want flood. Cime Adventures in Bonaventure does the shuttle and understands the flow rates. I recommend that you get them to do the shuttle for you.
@@canoepoler Nice, thanks!
What is the pole made off and the length
Think we would only have bamboo which is flexible here.
2 weeks I am 5 day Canoing a deep slow river. Higher reaches has some fast rapids
Wanganui/whanganui simple for me. Partners first multi day
I am your Southern commonwealth cos
A Kiwi
Kiwionwing morton Hello! So most like a pole from 11' to 12' in length. I like longer in case i need it. I use spruce and ash for wooden poles. Many use aluminum (aluminium? ;) ). I think that bamboo should work if you cap the ends so they won't split. Diameters are wood => 1-1/4", aluminum => 1-1/8" and i wouldn't go less than 1-1/2" for bamboo. Also wear gloves for bamboo for the joint rings. Cheers!
Can you do this with others in the canoe?
@Christopher Kolkema You certainly can! Most canoeing manuals included poling before the 1980's. Often it would be claimed that the ideal way to negotiate rapids was with the stern person standing with a pole and the bow person with a paddle. Both canoeists using poles was also the norm for ascending swift water. You must understand (obviously...) that the person poling should be comfortable with poling and the person in the bow should be aware that they shouldn't do anything overly rash! :)
I haven't to try it yet, but tandem poling upstream sounds excellent since you can alternate pushing and holding, which should aleviate going backwards when lifting your pole.
@@canoepoler
@@W1LL-D That is very true and it is so powerful with the two polers!
I'm curious if poling is a skill taught anywhere
@ryanperry7673 Paddle Canada, American Canoeing Association and British Canoe all teach poling. Contact any of them for courses or to find an instructor! If you are in Canada: www.paddlecanada.com/levels/canoeing/canoe-poling/. The other option is to just make a pole and start experimenting now. Get a canoeing book that has poling in it. Just start!!!