Swiftcurrent Custom Oars

The Originals, ca 2002. I was a kayaker with a young family getting into rafting and couldn't afford composite oars, so I built a set with lumberyard douglas fir 2x10's.

Later I purchased composite oars and found them too stiff and hurt my shoulders, so I sold them shortly after. These oars have been down the Lochsa, MF Flathead, Alberton Gorge, and other western Montana rivers numerous times, 3x on the MFS, 2x on the Snake and still going strong 22 years later.

Busy day in the shop: working on 2 new oars and 5 repairs.