No need to delete, just be aware of the restrictions that are put in place to protect some of the most fragile/small fisheries.  And there's no problem posting that you caught X number or X size fish as long as the specific locations are not revealed.  For instance, posting that you landed five lakers with the largest of 15 pounds in Lavieille would be great news (especially if all were released!) but to narrow that down to "off the northeastern point at the opening to Hardy Bay of Lavieille" would be frowned upon as it reveals a specific location.  Make sense?

The limitation on the size of the lake was instituted for a similar reason - if it's a small lake, it would be relatively easy to find the location and subject the water body to heavier than supportable fishing pressure.

A small fraction of people use a canoe.  A smaller fraction use a canoe to its real potential.  Even fewer still have that bond you speak of.  No shame at all and it is a fitting tribute to the life experiences you enjoyed.  It is a transformative time of life - entering adulthood, having kids, setting your own path.  Objects like canoes give that transition an identity and take you to unique destinations where your memories are made.

We were driving to the Penguins game yesterday down in D.C. and crossed the Susquehanna River.  My wife looked at the wind-whipped rows of whitecaps and, unprompted, said "I really love how our canoe feels" (we had relatively new Souris River Quetico 17 on the Delaware the previous weekend and were playing in the wakes of the large pleasure boats speeding by in the main channel).  Little does she know  she is in the early stages of a relationship like yours and I will do everything I can to nurture that relationship in the years ahead!

strongly agree about that last part...I think mid-May to early June is when they are hitting hardest.

We've done first taxi in the morning to Crow Bay and, if the weather is perfect and the planets align it's doable.  We found it cold rainy and approaching miserable.  Although we made it there, light was fading when we arrived and we were spent.  Now, this was with a 75 pound aluminum Michicraft canoe, so clearly we weren't the most intelligent crew to base plans upon our experience.

I would recommend a night on the Crow River site between Big Crow and Crow Bay...that way you can take your time to enjoy some fishing along the way. 

Also, does the Crow River officially begin at the outlet of Proulx or is it in Redrock Lake?  Would be a shame to do the whole length but miss the headwaters!  Jeff's map doesn't clearly identify it, but the FoA map shows the stretch between Redrock and Proulx as "Crow River".  Redrock is a beauty and can produce some fish...although it adds a couple sizeable portages.

We have had to deal with the same "ominous departure" issues and nearly a 900 KM travel home from the park.  We used to plan trips to end that last morning very early and do the all-day drive home to Pennsylvania but the last couple of trips we have finished up at a more leisurely pace and stopped in Bancroft one time and Newboro another.  It really made for an improved outlook on the end of the trip and the opportunity to savor every moment as opposed to looking forward.

I think it is workable.  Day 1 and 4 are long-ish and if weather conditions are not good those days they will be memorable and test your mettle but downstream creek travel day 4 should make it a little more palatable.  Pack light and single carry the portages - that will help to make it manageable.  If you have to double carry every one it becomes a pain - although day 4 portages are short so even that isn't the end of the world.  Just hope you don't get wind/rain/snow on those long days.

Trippythings options are viable as well.  Could even look at looping a little further west...

Day 1 - Rock to Harry
Day 2 - Harry to McGarvey
Day 3 - McGarvey to Phipps
Day 4 - Phipps to Louisa
Day 5 - Louisa to Rock

That sort of spreads your travel out a little more evenly and you hit some good trout lakes along the way.

Agreed with DanPM - I'm always amused at how freaked out people get about bug concerns in May.  All of my experience has been that they don't get bad until the last week of May in almost every year and even then can be manageable. 

Sure, as you get later in May your risk goes up but I have rarely seen the bugs as "horrible" any time in May.  Worst I've seen are short blasts of annoying bugs that a smokey fire or good breeze or DEET can keep at bay with ease.

Could look at Cork lake using the Brigham Lake access area.  Reserve both sites and you'll have the lake to yourselves.  Pretty good swimming from both sites...wading and jumping.  Avoid jumping after cocktails.

Like others, our tolerance of your photography subject matter is nowhere near sated!

Regarding the down underquilt, perhaps reducing the tension from the ends (and sides, if adjustable) might allow for the "sag" of the hammock with you in it to match more exactly with the underquilt dimensions.  I can envision the quilt getting compressed with tension and reducing its insulating properties once you get in if it is "tight" or approaching tight.  Certainly expect it is just some tweaking needed as that amount of down should do the job.