MFRE bought Hen Wen, an 18 foot Wooden River Dory last May and she did three descents down the river. She’s back again with a new sister Dory that is being built this spring inn Stanley by Willis Mcaleese, her name is yet to be determined. In fact, we just bought the 1/4″ marine grade plywood yesterday and the resins as well. So you can be sure to have twice the fun on the Main Salmon River in Idaho this summer. Whitewater rafting at it’s finest. The Wood Dories make it super fun thru the wave trains of the Main Salmon and as it has more water than the Middle Fork we don;t worry as much about hitting rocks. Although it can occur and we bring lots of Gorilla Tape along. These Dories are beautiful historic river craft that beckon to the Gondola’s of Venice. But you ride these historic boats right through the heart of the largest roadless wilderness area in the US outside of Alaska.
So come join Hen Wen and her sister this summer on the Main Salmon River in Idaho.
There are no strangers here, only friends we have not met.
Yours for Rivers, Ellsworth
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