2015 Hobie Bass Open ~ Joel Abrahamsson Joins Johnson Outdoors ~ UPS

Playak News Flash - December 23, 2014
The world's latest paddling headlines.

News Watch Headlines 2015 Hobie Bass Open Kayak Angler Magazine - Hobie has just announced that the second annual Hobie Bass Open, presented by Kentucky Lake Convention Visitor's Bureau, will take place at Kentucky Dam Village State Park, May 29-31, 2015. Joel Abrahamsson Joins Johnson Outdoors Kayak Angler Magazine - Abrahamsson, 33, has been an angler his entire life, with a primary focus on kayak fishing, said a Johnson Outdoors press release. Potholes Reservoir, Washington Kayak Angler Magazine - It's mid October in the Pacific Northwest. The run of migratory salmon have all but moved into area rivers. It's a bit early for steelhead and the lakes have yet to fully turn over for larger cutthroat trout to move shallow into Lake Washington. Ice Yacht Expo at the FDR Home, Library and Museum Frogma - I won't be able to make it up to Hyde Park for this but I did want to share it in case anyone who lives closer happens to read this! The lovely folks at the Hudson River Ice Yacht Club are putting on an Ice Yacht Expo at the FDR Presidential Home, Library and Museum, opening Sunday the 21st and running through January 3rd. Focus on the Catawba River's Future American Rivers - The CWRC has worked closely with American Rivers for 15 years as Duke Energy worked its way through the largest hydropower relicensing process in the Southeast. Rediscover North America: A Gulf-to-Arctic Canoe Expedition - Winchell Delano on his upcoming 5,200-mile cross-continental paddle Canoe Kayak - Last year, our readers were so impressed by the Trans-Territorial Canoe Expedition–a four-month, 2,600-mile canoe journey across Canada's Northern Territories–that they voted it the Expedition of the Year at the 2013 C&K Awards. But for expedition-member Winchell Delano, crossing Canada's far north from the Pacific Ocean to the Hudson Bay wasn't enough. He is planning to go even bigger in 2015. Feel of Winter on the Annisquam Trash Paddler - With the winter solstice due tomorrow, I went off today in search of some wintry conditions and found them on Cape Ann in Gloucester. Top Paddling Destinations of 2014 Heliconia Press - Heliconia wraps up an amazing year of filming the world's top paddling destinations for Facing Waves with the release of a new highlight video.In 2014, the Facing Waves production team filmed paddling adventures around the globe. Highlights include: stand up paddling with sharks in the turquoise waters of Tahiti; sea kayaking with icebergs along Newfoundland and Labrador's unspoiled shores; and paddling along Ireland's enchanting and culturally rich coastal touring route, the Wild Atlantic Way. UPS Jackson Kayak - From the title, you may assume I led a kayak workshop for a bunch of men & women running around in brown uniforms, hoping we had enough drybags for all of their boxes well, I guess I fooled you then. Starboard Pocket Touring SUP International - Starboards 10'6 x 29.5″ & 9'6″ x 29.5″ Pocket Touring breaks barriers and provides speed and stability in a short length board. As Touring boards, they are designed to be fast, incredibly stable and have great tracking. The shorter board length makes them easy to carry in and out of the water, simple to transport and saves space when storing. Windsup Buyer'S Guide SUP International - In this Buyers' Guide we aim to walk you through the range of options available on the open market and channel you into a shortlist of items that might double, or even triple your amount of time on the water. BIG bass secrets for the kayak angler PART 4 Jackson Kayak - There are specific techniques, lures, approaches and elements that consistently catch big bass. Surprisingly some of the same fishing factors cross over to multiple species but remain unrecognized. Kokatat gear to power Expedition Inception Paddling Instructor - Kokatat has outfitted a four-member team that just began a whitewater journey of a lifetime, reaching from South Africa into China. Stage one of Expedition Inception, a two-stage expedition, will take the team from South Africa to Egypt. Over the course of about eight months, the paddlers plan to run and explore multiple first descents and source-to-sea waterways. Big Pike on the fly in the JK Big Rig Jackson Kayak - The Big Rig is a single-person SOT designed for incredible stability in a stand-up fishing kayak. Taking the best features of various Jackson Kayak fishing models into a new, larger package, while introducing some new ones at the same time. To create the ultimate all-water, all fishing style, fishing machine. Thoughts on the Torpedo Bait Bucket YakAngler - When I first saw pictures of the Torpedo Bait Bucket I was intrigued. It was a newer, lighter version of what I had seen people make from PVC pipe for year. I fish live bait on the coast some and with my kids in freshwater so I thought I'd give it a try.

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