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50 Great American Skills
- Thread starter chewbacca
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Here are the summaries of the states mentioned:
California - how to adjust your stirrups for an all day ride to the fishing spot in the high Sierras. 1-One the ground, get in the ballpark by adjust the bottom of the stirrup to your armpit. 2-Fine tune by letting your legs hang down naturally from the saddle, ad adjust so the tread is just below your ankle bone. 3-No matter what, after a long ride you'll be hurting..."If your knees are sore your stirrups are too short, if your but hurts, they are too long, and if both hurt they're just right.
New York - pipe water from a spring to your camp. 1-Once you have found a spring, locate your camp slightly downhill from it. 2-Punch holes in the bottom and one side of a plastic milk jug. 3-Wrap the jug in a cloth sack. 4-Cut a hole in the cap just big enough for some plastic tubing, and seal tubing in place with silicone. 5-Place the jug in the spring with the mouth facing downhill, and secure in place with a log. 6-Run the tube into a collection bucket, it will take a day or two for the sediment to clear out.
California - how to adjust your stirrups for an all day ride to the fishing spot in the high Sierras. 1-One the ground, get in the ballpark by adjust the bottom of the stirrup to your armpit. 2-Fine tune by letting your legs hang down naturally from the saddle, ad adjust so the tread is just below your ankle bone. 3-No matter what, after a long ride you'll be hurting..."If your knees are sore your stirrups are too short, if your but hurts, they are too long, and if both hurt they're just right.
New York - pipe water from a spring to your camp. 1-Once you have found a spring, locate your camp slightly downhill from it. 2-Punch holes in the bottom and one side of a plastic milk jug. 3-Wrap the jug in a cloth sack. 4-Cut a hole in the cap just big enough for some plastic tubing, and seal tubing in place with silicone. 5-Place the jug in the spring with the mouth facing downhill, and secure in place with a log. 6-Run the tube into a collection bucket, it will take a day or two for the sediment to clear out.
North Carolina
addle a canoe solo 1-Paddle from behind the center thwart, this distributes your weight over the widest part of the canoe. 2-Kneel slightly off-center, This keeps your center of gravity low, and puts the paddle closer to the water than sitting upright. A slight lean gives the boat a long keel-like profile. 3-Use short strokes to really get moving...chop the water.
addle a canoe solo 1-Paddle from behind the center thwart, this distributes your weight over the widest part of the canoe. 2-Kneel slightly off-center, This keeps your center of gravity low, and puts the paddle closer to the water than sitting upright. A slight lean gives the boat a long keel-like profile. 3-Use short strokes to really get moving...chop the water.South Carolina: Skill was how to build a crappie tree out of PVC pipe anchored in a flower pot full of concrete. Kind of hard to describe without the photo. To attract the fish, you hang 20 oz soda bottle filled with dog kibble from the "tree" branches.
Gotta go, I'll try to post some more later, by the way, it was the May issue.
Gotta go, I'll try to post some more later, by the way, it was the May issue.