What amazed me most about it was the $399 price tag hanging on it. I thought to myself that it was a Discovery 119 despite the fact that it was in camouflage colors, had a molded plastic seat, and said Guide 119 on the side. One day I was in Dick’s Sporting Good’s when I looked up and saw a little Old Town Canoe sitting on the top of the camping accessories shelf. I even tried replacing it with a recreational kayak of similar length but it just wasn’t the same. It’s out there somewhere, and if I ever find it, rest assured the twit that swiped it will get his due.Īll that said, I sorely missed that little red 119k. He was in possession of it for a year or two when it was stolen from his backyard. I sold it to a good friend and semi-regular fishing buddy knowing that I would be able to use it when I wanted. However, with the arrival of my first child, the boat became neglected to the point that I felt I would rather someone else use it than it not get used at all. I eventually met my future wife and after we got married, the Discovery 119k got used a bit less than I would have liked. In the end I decided to sell all my kayaks. I had several kayaks at the time and they quickly started to accumulate dust from disuse after this purchase. Being the avid fly fisherman that I am, I found it to be the perfect boat for getting to the warm water fishes that hide under the overhanging brush in the ponds, lakes and rivers of central North Carolina. It was the first canoe that I had ever purchased myself and I fell in love with it.
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My Story: A number of years back, I purchased a blemished Old Town Canoe Discovery 119k from a local canoe and kayak shop for $600. The Guide 119 is a custom version of the Discovery 119 that is made, in the camouflage color pattern available in the Guide series, exclusively for Dick’s Sporting Goods. Before you go check out the Old Town Canoe website and come back to me saying there is no such boat, let me clarify a little bit.