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The first and only sea kayaking guide to the Chesapeake Bay region offers information and guidance for 30 paddling trips.

The Chesapeake Bay watershed covers 64,000 square miles and drains parts of six states and Washington, DC. Along with its 400-plus rivers and creeks, the Chesapeake boasts 4,600 miles of tidal shoreline suitable for kayaking.

Sea kayaking is booming in the Chesapeake region, and the state of Maryland is fully supporting paddlers in finding access and creating routes and safe places to explore. This new guide will describe dozens of trips along the Eastern and Western shores, in the Bay proper, and in its tributaries.

Trip descriptions will include important information on put-ins and take-outs, winds, and currents, equipment, paddling techniques, and safety issues. The authors enliven their instruction with informative sidebars on topics such as salt marsh ecology, wildlife, and social and maritime history. They also touch on low-impact paddling techniques, hypo/hyperthermia awareness, and many other paddling-related topics. 35 black & white photographs, index..
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Paddling the Yukon and its Tributaries covers more than 4,000 miles of watery trail. The Yukon, Tanana, Porcupine, Koyukuk, and Kuskokwim Rivers are the five longest rivers in Alaska, extending into the Yukon Territory This water flows freely, almost entirely undammed. Salmon surge against current. Moose, bears, and wolves wander the banks. Birds swarm in spectacular density. Roads rarely cross. Many residents live a subsistence lifestyle. No permits are required to be here. These channels are a natural path through the last large wilderness in North America.

Paddling the Yukon and its Tributaries approaches journeys of this magnitude like a through-hiker on the Appalachian Trail, but with a canoe or kayak. Each river is described from beginning to end, detailing access points, resupply options, and navigation tips throughout the flow. There are 35 original maps. Although the approach assumes long voyages, information is supplied for a range of trip lengths. Anything from an afternoon to a weekend to a week to a two-month float is possible..
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This is a public domain edition of "The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia and the Sword Hunters of the Hamran Arabs" by Samuel Baker.

The material on this diskette is in plain (ASCII) text, formatted for a PC (not Macintosh). You can manipulate it with your favorite word processing program to enhance the format or to print out portions just the way you want..
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Each title in our bestselling Trout Streams series includes: -- Detailed maps and extensive stream descriptions -- Information on access points, wading conditions, recommended equipment and techniques, and local regulations -- Recipes for both classic and local fly patterns -- Extensive hatch charts -- Information on tackle shops, outfitters and guides, and state offices.
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Samuel Baker (1821 - 1893) was born in England After the death of his wife he traveled to Ceylon in 1846. Baker established an agriculture settlement in Nuwara Eliva. He helped bring cattle and emigrants from England and made a success of the settlement. During his stay in Ceylon he spent a great deal of time hunting with his hounds, which became the genesis of this novel and a later work. Baker spent 12 months exploring the Nile and the area surrounding it. His explorations included the Atbara, Settite, Royan, Salaam, Angrab, Rahad, Dinder, and the Blue Nile. Baker states that "The interest attached to these portions of Africa differs entirely from that of the White Nile regions, as the whole of Upper Egypt and Abyssinia is capable of development, and is inhabited by races either Mohammedan or Christian; while Central Africa is peopled by a hopeless race of savages, for whom there is no prospect of civilization.".
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A field guide to fishing one of New York's top ten trout streams. Features 96 pages of information, photographs, illustrations, charts and maps designed to help anglers catch monster trout and river smallmouths --- on lures, flies and bait. Twenty pages of maps pinpoint fishing hotspots, public fishing areas, parking areas, highways, roads, foot trails, bridges, dams, campsites and sport shops.

Although the author has more than 30 years experience fishing this 76-mile long stream, he consulted old journals and reports, walked and talked with old-timers and young outdoor adventurers who know the water well, picked the brains of fisheries biologists, and even took a helicopter flight to gain a unique perspective of this 76-mile upstate river..
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