A tribute to friend
and cross-continental partner,
H.H. "Dynamite" Payson.
April 13, 1928 - March 23, 2011



 






 

Home of the original McKenzie and Rogue River historic drift boats and river dories, the spawning grounds for the riverboats that ply the world's rivers today. Whether you are interested in white water, or fishing, or both, these boats were and are designed to please. To that end this site is a sense of place. To quote from the Preface of my book, Drift Boats and River Dories ....

If you have felt the quiet wake of wood on water,
 Or the tranquility of a river canyon made crisp by your oneness with that milieu;  
If you have danced with white water under crystal skies,
 Or nestled on a velvet sandbar under panoplies of stars,
 Then you have felt the river's touch.

 


The Book

Purchase here

 

 



T
he Strike and the Release
by Bill Girsch

McKenzie River Drift Boat Plans

 


Educational discount option

Dory Plans
Rogue and Colorado


 

Educational discount option

Z's Drifter Pram
A sweet boat to reach those hard to reach places


Model Kits



 

Models for Collectors


NEW
Hand carved half hull

Furniture
See project completed July 2011



 

How to Contact Us

 

Origins
A brief chronicle of eddies of drift boat evolution on Oregon's spawning grounds:

The McKenzie River

The Rogue River  

 

Talks
Show and tell
and
the gift of gab


About Us

Re-Creations
Boats built from the Book

 

 

 

Friends
(Links)


New Friend:
Visit
Pleasant Trees Industry


All Oregon Boat

Grant McOmie's video story about
the "All Oregon Boat" featuring Ray Heater and Roger Fletche
r.


A humorous alternate use for our models!!
by Peter Manchester
Sackville, New Brunswick, CANADA