A. J. DeRosa's Wooden Boat Tours out of Jackson Hole for non fishermen. Tours focus on flora, fauna and the majestic scenery of the Snake River and Tetons. In addition to gaining rare insights into the riparian habitat the guest makes the journey in a traditional wooden drift boat in the company of extraordinary guides.
Harold "Dynamite" Payson (Instantboats.com) is a world renowned author, modeler and boat builder. People visit his shop in South Thomaston, Maine, just to say they have shaken the hand of this rare Maine tradition. His simple approaches to sometimes complex design issues makes me slap my flat forehead and ask, 'Now, why didn't I think of that?' If you are looking for practical and easy to build non-river boats then visit his site.
Ray's River Dories (Ray Heater and Cyrus Happy) are custom built to order, with painstaking attention to detail. Each component is carefully selected for its specific function and we use only the finest materials available. This site represents the one remaining, full time, frame construction drift boat shop.
Montana Boat Builders (Jason Cajune) strives to make the finest drift boats, duck hunting boats and small sporting boats to the highest standards possible. Our aim is to out perform any mass produced boats by not sacrificing on quality construction or materials.
Fretwater Press is a small publishing house in Flagstaff that specializes in river biographies and stories. Publisher Brad Dimock offers two fascinating books, The Doing of the Thing, The Brief Brilliant Whitewater Career of Buzz Holmstrom and Sunk Without a Sound, The Tragic Colorado Honeymoon of Glenn and Bessie Hyde. Brad and Roger have cooperated in re-creating Buzz Holmstrom's famous Julius F.
