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Ohiopyle

Finally, summer can officially begin now that Friday night loop runs on the lower Youghiogheny River have begun. We had a terrific group of Wilderness Voyageurs staff and a few new participants to joined in on the fun. What a terrific way to start off the holiday weekend....

01 June, 2011

May 29, 2011 Green Drakes, Green Drakes and some more of those bad boys.  We are expecting the hatch to last for another 7 to 10 days. Do not allow them to steal the show entirely, there are also March Browns and a very healthy Sulphur hatch...

29 May, 2011

After disappointingly small spinach bowl at Bob Evan's in Lavale, Maryland my friend Don Powers and I drove the Hatchback Miatta into the Rocky Gap State Park. We registered our duo-team, "XXC Mag Presents the Crusty Seamen" (it's only funny because we're not sailors,) and set up camp. I was too...

17 May, 2011

“Rock Bottom Brewery in Homestead, PA, part of a national chain of brewery restaurants, has been proudly brewing locally inspired beers for the Pittsburgh market since its founding over 10 years ago. Recently, Rock Bottom has expanded its brewing operations and you are able...

16 May, 2011

Based out of the Wilderness Voyageurs store in Friendsville, MD a group of friends were out to fish Garrett County’s finest Trout Streams. Too much rain recently so the Casselman, Upper Yough, Savage, and North Branch of the Potomac rivers were all high and off...

14 May, 2011

Yeeha!!!!!!  the refrain echoing off of the canyon walls in the Big Sandy this week.  The Ohiopyle area received 1.5 inches of rain in 24 hours, this equals big time fun for us marginally employed raft guide types.  During the early spring we all arrive...

07 April, 2011

It was an ice-breaker weekend all right! There was no sign of temperate spring weather (until Monday morning of course!). The snow started falling some time Friday night and continued off and on for the next 24 hours....

04 April, 2011

It’s creeking season now and the full on kayaking season is upon us.  One of the best parts about getting ready for the season is breaking out and going through gear and finding reasons to replace that old gear. A lot of kayaking gear is...

15 March, 2011

I never thought it would happen. But it just did: Vibram Five Fingers are in-stock. And I really want to dislike them. They're a shoe that simulates not wearing a shoe. Bare-feet are free, these are not. The name doesn't even make sense. I could understand FiveFinger gloves,...

04 March, 2011