The original kayak fisherman

The popularity of building these Aleutian and Greenland style kayaks has steadily rising over several years recently. More so on the east coast than west coast. It's called Skin-on-Frame (SOF) building technique.
Here is a good website with a dedicated SOF board:
http://www.kayakforum.com/cgi-bin/Building/index.cgi
Here is the only west coast source that I'm aware of:
http://shamankayaks.com/shaman/
I had an opportunity to paddle one of these Shaman's. The stability is very limited compared to any other style. That's why they learned to Eskimo-roll so well.
The paddles are equally fascinating.