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I don't fly fish, but there were numerous spots around/near portages that I wished I had some lightweight maybe waist high waders.
Summer might be okay to wet foot, but spring was way to cold for extended fishing.
I would anchor my canoe in stream and cast little spinners.
Fairly tight quarters, but if you have the skills, a  fly rod might be alot of fun for brook trout/small mouth bass and even the big toothy critters.

Neat. Good link. That looks like fun! Haven't caught brookies since I lived back east. River fishing might be a good excuse to bring the fly rod...hmmm.  :dankk2

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IF I ever go there again, I'll go heavier on the brook trout type lures.
If you come in from North, you'll have access to streams which should hold plenty of stream trout.
I did well in them, less so in the lakes?
That might of been because I always seemed to be fighting a wind and often crossed the lakes as fast as I could. Not the best for fishing.

That's a nice map too -- I'm a bit of a map nerd and love pouring over them to consider routes. As an aside, I drove the Transcan this past summer via SStMarie over to Montreal to get into New England with my family. We all loved traveling down that Ottawa river valley as it is absolutely beautiful. We saw a lot of the turnoffs for the nouthern access EPs. Hope to be able to pull this trip together---can't remember if I asked but do you or anyway else have fishing recommendations (without divulging any secrets!)?

That wasn't the map I was referring to which is the "official" map distributed by the park: (You need to Login or Register to view media files and links)
but, in fact, Jeff's maps really are better and when my "official" map finally turns to dust I'll likely replace it with one of Jeff's.

Js & Kerry, thanks for the suggestions. Is it this?

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When I opened that url my first thought was "wow"....nice maps!

Haven't been canoeing in A for 30+ years, but my recollections are consistent with the above comments. Northern entries tended to be less crowded back then (further from T.O.).

Nowadays, the "go to" map is called Jeff's map - google for it.

As for maps, the official Canoe Routes of Algonquin Provincial Park map is more than adequate (1:126,720 or 1 inch to 2 miles.)  Algonquin is not a wilderness park in the sense of WCPP or Wabakimi.  All portages and campsites are clearly marked and every campsite has a thunder box, a fire pit and a grill.

An orange flagged campsite marker will seem like a luxury! Thanks all for the advice and suggestions. Northern route sounds like the best option for relative solitude. Had no idea (hadn't really checked into it) about the "Toronto-traffic" but it makes sense. Will do some more digging for maps and canoe trip reports on myccr. Thanks!

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Kerry makes a good point here. You do need to tell them what lake you plan to stay on, then it's first come/first serve from there.

Don't worry about finding a campsite.
There marked with a big ( orange I believe) campsite marker that can be easily seen from the water.
I bring a small pair of binoculars and they really come in handy for situations like this.
You can see the campsite markers before you could pick out activity at the site, especially if tents are set back into the sheltered areas of site.
I saved time/energy by scanning for occupancy before fighting wind/wave only to find the site occupied.

No where near the Q/BWCA experience as far as chances for solitude, but a little planning and for a base camp trip for newbie's, it could be a great trip.
Don't confuse being well used with not needing to use your wilderness skills, especially when it comes to securing your food cache.

The bears there are big, plentiful and know people=food. I'd bring Bear Spray for sure and hang your food pack a good distance from campsite.
Not to scare anyone, but there have been a number of fatal bear encounters in that park so plan accordingly.