| Canada Fly In Fishing - Camp or Lodge? | | | | works if you can run to the store and get more |
| Deciding to fly in to camp in a tent or stay in a | | | | when your ice melts. When your ice melts on a |
| cabin or lodge can only be a tough decision for a | | | | fly in camping trip you are flat out of ice and your |
| die hard camper. It's an experience of roughing it | | | | food will simply spoil if you don't cook it real quick. |
| without any common luxuries for 4 days to a | | | | The other problem with regular ice is when it |
| week or more. I wouldn't advise anybody to | | | | melts it makes a big mess. When food you don't |
| attempt this without experience camping in a | | | | cook before you eat is floating in water mixed |
| remote area. | | | | with meat and blood it's contaminated. You don't |
| You probably won't save any money going on a | | | | want to chance eating it. |
| fly in camping excursion instead of just getting a | | | | You may want to try using dry ice because it |
| cabin either. You have to pay a daily camping fee | | | | basically evaporates instead of melting. If you are |
| which changes from time to time so you will have | | | | going to use dry ice experiment with it before |
| to investigate it. Outfitters charge you to fly in | | | | you go to Canada on a fly in fishing trip. My |
| extra weight and all the extra equipment required | | | | experience is that plastic grating set up in the |
| will probably cost quite a bit more making your fly | | | | cooler above the ice works for items you don't |
| in camping trip even more expensive. Some | | | | want frozen because about anything that comes |
| outfitters specialize in fly in camping trips and | | | | in contact with the dry ice will likely freeze. |
| those are the outfitters I recommend going with | | | | When you go to a remote cabin that doesn't |
| if you chose to camp. Make sure you thoroughly | | | | have electricity it will often have a propane |
| check potential outfitters for camping packages | | | | refrigerator. These are the same type of |
| and know what they include. | | | | refrigerators you see in campers but are usually |
| You won't find many camping sites with a real | | | | larger. Some outfitters have separate freezers |
| well. Often even the cabins well leads directly to | | | | also. |
| the lake or river. If this is the case you will want | | | | You may have to fly in your canoe but often the |
| to boil your water or risk getting sick. It's not | | | | outfitter will supply a boat and fuel for an extra |
| worth chancing. You never know what's in the | | | | fee. |
| water up stream or even in a lake. Bring | | | | Camping means you probably won't have a sink |
| equipment to boil water and containers to reserve | | | | to do your dishes in. Bring along a good sized pan |
| "potable" water. | | | | or even two if you can afford the extra weight. |
| We like to add powdered drink mix to the water, | | | | You can use your large pans to wash your |
| coffee also helps cover the taste of the lake | | | | smaller pans and wares in. Even if you bring paper |
| water. Some people may have a difficult time | | | | plates and plastic silverware you will still have to |
| drinking lake water even after it's been boiled. You | | | | wash the pots and pans. |
| can have your outfitter fly in bottled water and | | | | Cabins usually have a nice sink with a hand |
| even beer but remember that there will be extra | | | | operated pump. This makes life in the north |
| weight fee's. I've seen outfitters cut their clients | | | | woods so much easier. |
| drink supplies in half with the explanation that | | | | It's a simple conclusion for me. It's usually less |
| there is plenty to drink out there and they have | | | | expensive to be more comfortable. Having all the |
| too much weight already. Be prepared for that, | | | | luxuries that come with a cabin gives me more |
| bring coffee and powdered drink mix's like lemon | | | | time to fish and that's what I enjoy most. |
| aid etc. | | | | I do understand the adventure of a fly in camping |
| Not having refrigeration is definitely a situation you | | | | trip and applaud all those adventurous souls who |
| need to address if you are going to camp in the | | | | take to their tents and rough out a week of |
| Canadian north woods. Regular frozen water ice | | | | camping in the Canadian wilderness. |