Camping/riding/fishing/....

https://youtu.be/8EfQi-Di-7Y

Very nice. Nice area. Nice family. Nice memories. Yep. Very nice.
Thanks.

Unfortunately no pix and decades ago.

As a child my bro's and I would hike in to a lake in Harriman state park in NYS (Crescent lake?), and many other days would be spent with jitterbugs for largemouth bass on easier to get at lakes; lake Tiorati (sp?) and others (Kannawaki?). Later life saw me fishing on the Willowemock and Beaverkill, tying my own flies to match the hatch and making my own rods that were light enough to cast invisible midges on size 20+ hooks for midday fishing (3 weight line? and super light leaders). Daytime would find me on the stream, nighttime would find me at my tying bench, tying to match, under Coleman light glare, what came off the water during the day. Time spent in waders was gloriously relaxing, but that was decades ago. The fly that really gave me fits is called the Conover pattern. That wisp of salmon in the abdomen went totally unseen by me until a local fly tyer clued me in. Until one "saw it" it was totally unnoticeable. But the trout saw it and wouldn't strike if it was missing. But catch and release educates and makes trout smart.

I'll never forget the night I tied on a cyalume (cold light stick) and wound it with lead wire to weight it, no hook. Adult beverages may have been involved but not involved in the memory. I cast it out and something monstrous grabbed it. It ran for hundreds of yards and came to rest in the large pool below the riffles. We gathered together, rod bowed double, and a gent from the campground called out to us, "I thought this was fishing for fun?" (catch and release). I shouted back, "we ARE having fun!". We had the "powerful flashlights" of the day trying to see what had grabbed the hookless lure, and as my brother entered the water to try to raise the head of whatever grabbed it, the light stick came arcing back to us. Since there was no hook it could have let go whenever it wanted to, and did. I still think it was a turtle. It was like a sack of bricks on the rod and the 8# test line was absolutely no match for it when it wanted line.

Now I live in the middle of great fishing and don't have the time. But I do engage in my other sport of interest and can do that right on my land out to 100 yards. That's expensive enough for me these days since I'm a competitor. Not a top notch one, but I do compete.

Today my ATV is more of a petroleum fed mule, bred for work and that eats only when it needs to work.

I thought about camping and shaving recently. I bet I would be the only one shaving (in the bath house) and especially the only one with a tub of soap and a brush.

I thought about camping and shaving recently. I bet I would be the only one shaving (in the bath house) and especially the only one with a tub of soap and a brush.

Who says camping can't be classy?

switching it up!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3vOeCkeCNA

I thought about camping and shaving recently. I bet I would be the only one shaving (in the bath house) and especially the only one with a tub of soap and a brush.

Who says camping can't be classy?

Next thing you know, we'll have glamping pics here.

No camping/fishing pics from me. I do have some amazing hiking photographs, though. I'll post some here later.

Interesting topic.

I fly fish.  We have a camp in Vermont. I fish off of our dock in the pond for warm water species or in a rushing mountain stream


This is me fishing the Wells River



While not 1/10 the boat that HighSpeed  has, I also fly fish from a little rowboat. We have a trolling motor but early in the morning it is easier to grab the oars than wrestle with the motor and battery.




This is my indoor shaving space.


And weather permitting, this is my outdoor shaving spot - our deck.

Wow, Phil! Those are cool pics. From the first time I watched 'A River Runs Through It', I've wanted to learn how to fly fish, but have never got around to doing it. It's still on my list of skills to pick up.

Wow, Phil! Those are cool pics. From the first time I watched 'A River Runs Through It', I've wanted to learn how to fly fish, but have never got around to doing it. It's still on my list of skills to pick up.

It is really not that hard. The flies have no weight. The weight of the line is used to make the cast. So you actually swish the rod back and forth to get the line airborne.  This is accomplish with a little wrist and elbow action.

I like to joke that every male learned the basic motion in their teen years

A lot of emphasis is placed on fly selection. But I never seem to fish during a "hatch" so I don't worry about that.

It is an easy skill to learn. The  act of fly fishing is very zen like. You have to concentrate on your casting to keep the line in the air without tangling. But it is very relaxing.  I truly enjoy it and "being in the moment". I can't tell you how many fish strikes I have missed because "being in the moment" included watching the loons, of the scenery or the clouds, etc

It’s a about that time!!! Added these two units to our fleet .

Who says you can't shave while camping....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rObSWkQA7og