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Brandon Lands A 9 Lbs False Albacore On A Fly, In His W300 Kayak, MA

Brandon Cutter, an offshore W kayak fly fisherman from Cape Cod, MA, landed this 9 lbs false albacore on a fly: Read Brandon’s review of his W300 kayak >> (He has two, actually)

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Chris’ New Kayak Fishing Trip Report, Massachusetts

I have been kayaking on the East Branch of the Ware River. The water is at its highest ever since Tropical Storms Irene and Lee and most of the beaver dams are below the water level.
I took a nice bass (picture included) in a quite part of a turn in the river recently.
The higher water level allows me to go further upstream, but the vegetation and current can pose challenges as one picture attests to. Of course coming back downstream is a blast because the challenge (and fun) is not to portage down an obstacle but to kayak over it! Continue reading

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Riding Tropical Storm Irene In The Stand Up Kayak

Earlier today we took the W500 kayak to the beach at lake Massapoag, a 1 square mile lake in eastern Massachusetts, on the path of Irene – a tropical storm at that point in time.
The wind was blowing at 35 mph, with long gusts of up to 55 mph, beating the waters of this small lake to waves between 1 and 2 ft high. Such waves are almost unnoticed when you’re paddling the W500, but paddling standing up against such powerful headwind isn’t easy, as you’ll see: Continue reading

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Chris’ Kayak River Trip Report, Massachusetts

I have spent about 35 hours these past two weeks in the W300. I am very comfortable with all aspects of this kayak. Of course, my experience remains with flat water, but as my emails indicate – I am in … Continue reading

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Captain Shiley – The World’s Youngest Kayaker, Massachusetts

Meet Captain Shiley, the two year old commander of a W500 kayak navigating the mighty lake Massapoag (meaning ‘Great Waters’). Captain Shiley tells the crew -”Let’s go here!”, and then -”Let’s go there!”, and sometimes they obey her orders… Although she’s the boss, commanding a crew of 1-2 paddlers, Captain Shiley doesn’t hesitate to grab a paddle, and paddle like everybody else on board. The crew loves Captain Shiley, and they’ll follow her everywhere she goes! Continue reading

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