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casualbriday
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Simms gore tex full brim for cool/rainy weather (incidentally the only piece of that rain suit I could afford)
A cabela's xpg packable baseball cap for warm weather (glad I have 2, those boneheads from bass pro discontinued the whole xpg line when they took over).
Stocking cap for those cold nights watching the light up bobber.
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faspich1
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bwca.com caps? Hey Adam, where to we get those?
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oldgentleman
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And speaking of cost, my favorite is a beaver fur felt Stetson, but I bought mine for twenty bucks at an antique shop.
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knothead180
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What do you bring to canoe country to top your top?
My collection includes a Tilley hat, which is my favorite, although granted it's more money than most sensible people spend on a hat. Also a baseball style cap, like the great BWCA.COM hat that Adam sent me... it works better than the Tilley under the hood of my rain jacket. Also a fleece stocking cap for sleeping on cold nights; the fleece is warmer than acrylic knit and less scratchy than wool. I guess I also have to list the bug headnet. I've thought about getting a rain hat like the Outdoor Research Sombrero... anyone use those? Don't own a toque... yet.
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tony
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I take my tilley, T5 model I think, on every trip. Got to have the chin stap for all those windy days. Tilley came out with a lighter weight model that is real similar a couple of years ago. It sure would be nice to replace mine with the lighter weight one but I dont think my original one will ever wear out. For the cold days and for sleeping a wool watch hat.
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paddlefasterpastor
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Normal everyday - just a cheap wide brimmed booney hat.
Occasionally - ball cap
Cold nights - fleece stocking cap or Fleece ear band (embroidered with "paddlefasterpastor" by my daughter).
Have thought about the Tilley, but so far have not justified the cost.
PFP
Steve
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dogwoodgirl
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Cotton baseball cap for on the water, because i can soak it in the lake and use it to keep my head cool, and a fleece hat for at night around the fire.
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Arkansas Man
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Two hats... My faithful bwca.com cap (2nd one, wore the other out) and my Tilley... (hated by most of those who don't own them)
Bruce
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butthead
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Full brimmed hats! Keeps the hooks out of my ears when flyfishing. Military boonie hats as a spare, regular use, Filson Tin Cloth/Shelter Cloth, good head armor! Doubles as a perch for birds!
Paul and friend!
butthead
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ekffazr
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Baseball cap with a stupid saying on it that my friends are usually sick of reading by the 2nd or 3rd day and hopefully its an obnoxious color. new one every trip
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PikeMonster
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Bandana + Sunglasses on the water, and a stocking cap for chilly nights
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Arkansas Man
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The only reason I have a Tilley, I would never justify the cost for myself, My wife bought it for my birthday after she saw me looking at one and wishing out loud... Gosh, I Love that woman!!!
Bruce
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Bannock
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I used to wear a wide, stiff brimmed hat. I don't know brand. I still have it and wear it sometimes. But over the last few years I've gone mostly with a baseball-type cap. My concern is sun protection for the back of my neck and tips of my ears, so I've started tucking a bandana under the cap so it hangs down, protecting those areas.
Sometimes I simply tie the bandana on my head pirate syle. :-)
I also bring a stocking/watch cap. Black. I think some kind of synthetic.
If it is colder, and especially during hunting season in the fall, AND especially especially if it is moose season; I wear my blaze orange Stormy Kromer cap. Gotta be seen by those hunters even if you're not hunting yourself!
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fishguts
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I agree with butthead, full brimmed hats work best, here is a picture of my son and I and he wished that he had a bigger hat...sunburn, and bugs .. 
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bogwalker
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Spring Summer Fall-Filson wide brimmed hat
Late Fall, Winter-stocking cap
The stocking cap comes with all the time but usually stays in the top pocket of the pack, but its there if it gets cold. I pulled it out on a July night in 2004 when it got below freezing one night and I wanted to watch the northern lights on Crooked Lake. I wore long johns and a stocking cap that night-was glad I had them along.
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Spartan1
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I use a jungle hat from Vietnam with Vietnamese 1LT officer insignia. It is starting to show wear so bought a backup at Ely Army surplus several years ago, bur have not used it yet. It has gone on 23 trips.
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backpacker
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I love my Filson. It's the Tin Cloth Packer Hat. It's my all around outdoors hat. I take it backpacking, fly fishing, camping, etc. - basically everywhere.
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kanoes
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a cebela's gortex boonie and the most ugly, wornout, comfortable fitted baseball cap i have in the closet. Jan
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adam
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I have a full brimmed hat which I bouth around 12 years or so ago. The brand is "Ultimate Hat". It is oil skin and has a piece of foam in the top to make sure it floats. The sides snap up to the hat. I have really liked this hat. It can get a bit hot at times so I also have a bwca.com hat along as well. I tried to buy another one like it for my father-in-law but they no longer make the stiff oil skin hat which is too bad.
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Ashandoak
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I take two. A ball cap "Murphy's Irish Ale" which is going to be replaced with my BWCA.com (Thanks again Adam - I consider it to be an honor...!) and my old Indiana Jones fedora. I can't tell you how many compliments I get on that ratty old hat.
Andy
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mpswid0
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I love my Tilley hat, I was actually just looking at their website to order another one. I wear it whenever I'm doing work outside. Great hat, takes a beating and looks good too.
Matt
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pastorjsackett
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Wide brim sheds rain and sun
Ball cap for hanging out
Stocking cap for the cold
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