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    Fond Du Lac River, Saskatchewan (and rivers like it)

    Thanks for all of the replies folks - really helps out - getting all jacked up for the trip. Question - do I need to pay fees for each nite in the backcounty on the FDL? We did in Wabakimi but that is a park, and in Ontario. Thank you!
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    Motorized Canoes

    Marathon boat is not too far from me and I have been watching for a good used one for YEARS. Perfect steelhead craft for the midwest. I have never come across one that I thought provided good value. Either beat up and asking too much, or not beat up and asking waaayyy too much. At the...
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    Motorized Canoes

    The batteries have changed Gamma - in a good way. Much lighter now. And 36 on that Jensen should do very nicely. Problem is they cost a bunch.
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    Fond Du Lac River, Saskatchewan (and rivers like it)

    Thank you everyone for your input - exactly what I needed. One concern that I had, and that Erica points out above, is the timing. I'm not too worried about cold per say, but wouldn't want to be too cold. I have seen graphs for average daytime temps up there in the 50's - 60's which is...
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    Fond Du Lac River, Saskatchewan (and rivers like it)

    Unsure at this point - I have ordered a guidebook to start the process. I am thinking 2 weeks in the first part of September, conditions permitting. Any thoughts on a route are greatly appreciated!
  6. K

    Fond Du Lac River, Saskatchewan (and rivers like it)

    Yes, thank you Michael, I ordered it earlier today.
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    Fond Du Lac River, Saskatchewan (and rivers like it)

    Hello all, I might put my road trip plans to Newfoundland on hold for a year or so. Since that is a driving trip I can probably do this in the future, and I'm still feeling pretty good so I was thinking about doing a solo canoe trip. The Fon Du Lac has been on the fringe of my radar for...
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    Carrying a gun when canoe traveling just because

    Curious - how many of us have been in a situation where a firearm was actually used for personal safety from another human? It seems people are concerned about the 2 legged adversaries out there more so then the 4 legged kind. Using that as a framework, I have run around most of the larger...
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    Leaving firewood at camp

    I always leave some, probably from my Scouting days. In rarely used sites I will arrange some of the wood in the fire ring in a specific pattern known only to me - and all of my fishing buddies. In almost every case the wood is gone when I return. (If I camped in the fall and then used the...
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    In praise of cheap binoculars.

    I like my Vortex Solo monocular I figured they had to make a decent pair if bino's, so I bought a set. Bino's are junk but the Solo make up for it. Not hating on Vortex yet, but if even a small screw comes loose I'm going with someone else, possible Steiner.
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    Pants with knee pads

    Thank God you saw them - I was starting to think it was time for me to go to the home.
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    Pants with knee pads

    I agree - they are fantastic but the price for me is the sticking point. As everyone most likely knows, most of these companies do not produce their own products. Hodgeman, for example made waders for about everyone. Manufacturers don't want you to know who makes their products for them but...
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    Pants with knee pads

    I have been pleased to see clothing companies not generally involved in the outdoor world getting involved. My Carhart balaclava was $12 while the Lowe Alpine was more then double. I always reach for the Carhart. Dickies and Wrangler are also making some inroads, and some of my favorite...
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    Pants with knee pads

    Like these? https://www.fjallraven.com/us/en-us/men/trousers/trekking-trousers/keb-trousers-m/?v=F87176::7323450989064 On the Thelon trip both guides and the Swiss contingent all wore these and swore by them.
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    Oswegatchie River, October 10 and 11th 2024

    Just got back from the Oz - paddled in Thurs morning and back out Sunday. Just for fun I dusted off the Rockstar which had not been touched in many years. Weather called for Thurs/Fri to be nicer with Sat. overcast with some rain. Figured I would paddle up, fish Sat and roll back Sun. Turns...
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    Oswegatchie River, October 10 and 11th 2024

    Perfect - thank you!!
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    Outdoor confidence

    It's been a LONG time since I read it, but in Canoeing With the Cree, weren't both youngsters best described as greenhorns (noobs to the younger set) but somehow, they made it.
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    Oswegatchie intel

    Thank you LA, Did I miss a trip report? Probably the most reasonable answer. Have not been up there in 12 - 13 years. Worse part is each year I PLAN to go but something interferes. Thanks again!
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    Oswegatchie intel

    Hello, Does anyone have any recent intel? Thinking about heading up to High Falls. Thank you.
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