"Bart Wallace" wrote in message . ..

Lake users will love bent shaft.
River use...get it straight.
Simple choice.

There's a lot of truth in this statement but it is not universally true. Because of my choice of preferred strokes a straight shaft
is chosen even on lakes. I feel that my paddling style with a straight shaft gains enough efficiency to compensate for lack of the
bent shaft advantage. Many paddlers on lakes, however do prefer the bent shaft. A lot has to do with how one originally learned to
paddle.

John