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

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...

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...

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.

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...

Perfect - thank you!!

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.

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!

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

I knew what you were referring to river-wise. That's been a thing for years. I have been fishing at the mouth, and it can be busy with "sportsman" so I avoided for years. But yes, the wind can be an issue - I've fished there with my typical cold weather gear but you just can't avoid that...

Yes and yes. Used to fish for steelhead on the Manistique - can't believe how busy it is now. The Au Sable is so busy now - used to do overnite trips about 30 years ago. Fox was great, but I have flashbacks of the horror show I witnessed (heard) when an owl nabbed a rabbit right outside of the...

As a person who has spent their life running around northern Michigan I can say, without reservation regarding canoeing, .......boring. Narrow, twisty, sweeper filled streams. Lake Michigan is boring to canoe on, Lake Superior will try to kill you but it's nice. The larger lakes are the...

Counted over 100 cars one fine fall day.

....and then I pack up and go home........

Years ago when I first started looking for wolves in Michigan's UP I brought a .22 mag pistol, this due to the fact I didn't want to lug the Auto 5 around all day. Since then, a nice synthetic stocked, 18.5" barreled 12 gauge pump has been added to the fold. Nice little buckshot wake up call...

"I believe that "can't" is mostly a state of mind, less of a physical limitation." yknpdlr Paraphrasing Henry Ford - "whether you believe you can or believe you can't, either way, you're probably right". So true. I look at this way - it's not like I didn't know I was gonna die at some...

I never bring an axe or hatchet on a solo canoe trip. I have a small saw I bring when Chick comes along - she likes to be in charge of all fire related activities and the wood MUST be cut to exact, matching lengths.

I use the No Bug Zone and my CCS 10 x 14 tarp. Don't bring a tent anymore.

Hey all - my brother and I were debating taking that overhanging tree down. We had shifted to the side so it wasn't a huge issue for us, but if a larger party used the site it could be an issue. Not many places to set camp so this was it. Still alive, so we left it. This was in Wabakimi...

Day three at this site, emerging after 2 days of wind and rain. Wind pounding out of the north. Had tarp set up over No Bug Zone. My brother brings the whole press/coffee thing so we sat, drank coffee, played backgammon and waited it out. And had an incoming thread of a river that...