There are Blind Sailing clubs in over eight different countries.  I’ve incorporated many of their same safety regimes into my own field trial practices.  The main issues are safety to those on the boat and others on the water.  For this reason, having sighted spotters to serve as back-ups is

Source of description unknown. I discovered it while surfing the Internet.   Paul Dubas, at that time a guide on the Bighorn, taught it to me, but he tied it with two hands. He called it a Swirl Knot. I’m going to try to describe the knot, but without photos, it’s really tough. Tied

Three days of GPS Trekker trials on Black Lake, next to Sharbot Lake Provincial Park, were carried out in Late August.  The weather was warm and still, and the body of water chosen for the trials was small and calm.  In other words, the conditions were excellent for determining  the

The Paloma is a superior knot to the Improved Clinch in that it’s less likely to slip if not properly tightened.  It’s draw back is that you need to be able to feed the entire lure back through a loop in the line prior to tightening, which can be tricky with longer lures or lures with

I recently had the pleasure of spending the day Bass fishing on Constance Lake with J.P. Ostiguy.  Our ride was a Ranger bass boat from Lake and Trail Marina rigged with a 250 Mercury Optimax — man, what a day – what a ride! Of course, we started off the day with a test run of the Ranger

Further trials were carried out over the July long weekend on Mississippi Lake.  Several talking compasses have now been tested and have provided similar results.  Both talking compasses trialed require that the user position the unit almost perfectly at the horizontal for them to work