Joe Wilson's great post....

Joe wrote this a while ago, list as a "comment " under the Brand New post. I am recopying it now.
FYI - If a person is not listed as a Follower of the blog then anything they post is listed as Annonymous. DW
***********************Joe's Post*****************
Nahanni!!




I think this will be a fine forum for exciting discussions on the great outdoors....and all the weirdness that comes with sleeping on the ground....with the natives.



Indeed.



At any chosen campsite, you will have challenges. Water drainage is very crucial.

Tarps should be secured to trees and solid posts.{Never to any Hollywood yahoos truck who insists on leaving at 5am for a hot shower.} Supplies should always be stowed. Far out of reach of any "funny bunch"..waiting to ransack your stuff.



Weapons are always a good idea to have when you're hanging with Mother nature. And sometimes its not a .45 repeating vintage Winchester..or a 14 point Samoan war club..or greasing the ranger with a huge plate of crossover stew to keep you safe.



Nope. Sometimes all it takes is Yankee ingenuity.



Lets take a gaggle of pesty raccoons.

Can't shoot em....can't club the bandits..and the ranger does not want to hear you whine....



What to do???



Ok happy campers..here is ONE.".Nahhanniski Racoon solution".



Vodka.



All Raccoons are either Polish or Russian.

I think.

They love the stuff.



A Nahhanniski treat for Raccoons:



The "mix"



6 ea. paper plates:

1 ea. 8 oz. jar of Smucker's red rasberry preserves.

1 ea. someone else's Vodka.



The "hook".



Mix in a circle{no leaks} the preserves.

This dam should be at least 5/8" high, with an OD of 5"..and an ID 3".

This trap should be level..a chunk of red oak FACING the fire should secure the treat....with an incline BEHIND the plate.

Raccoons need to sip...{a flying plate of jelly and booze will just bring ants..and a chipmunk with an attitude}



Ya need six of these traps.

Why you ask???

Its not because us campers are paranoid.

Its not because we think these raccoons are smart.

Its because we like fun.





OK????





OK!!!



After we all enjoy our crossover veggies..and 11 different hunks of meat.....and wrestle a beer-god into submission....and hang together for a grand evening of.....well...just being friends.



..we wait for the tumble.



A fine Nahanni evening.



Thank you for reading.



Take care of your friends..and Mother nature.





J.P. Wilson





PS:





Dave....absolutely a great thing ya got here.

A great escape for friends..and new friends, to share fishing/camping/..and stuff...



12/3/10 8:06 PM

It is May.....

Well it is now May and it certainly feels like spring now. Seventy and sunny today!
I just now read the funniest thing. Joe Wilson's post, which is listed as a "comment" under the Brand New Section. I will see if I can copy it and list it as a new post.

Joe that is priceless - very funny and very well written.

If I was a wise ass I would say something like "Joe, how can you remember all that fun stuff if you haven't gone camping with us in about a bazillion years?" .... but I am not a wise ass so I won't even mention that you officially retired from camping late in the last century !!!

Fly Fishing in New England

Some useful info for fishing in New England is being posted here -

http://www.squidoo.com/FlyFishingNewEngland

Much more info will be there soon!

The Horney Bugger Fly

While it is still a bit early for good fishing weather it is a great time for tying flies. I started my fly tying season over the weekend by tying up a few flies of my own design. A few years ago, when I was even more of a novice tyer then I am now, I was tying a woolly bugger and I screwed it up. I forgot to tie on the feather to be palmered (sticking out from the side of the hook shank). The fly was going to be too sparse so I thought what can I now add. The tying thread was up at the head of the hook so i was almost done. I found in my LL Bean tying kit the type of feathers used in hornberg flies. I added these and invented the

horny bugger

fly. This has caught some nice trout for me including a couple of fat rainbows from the Mascoma River in NH. The new generation of horney buggers now has a beadhead and is ribbed with gold tinsel. I can't wait to try it out!

Nahanni Camping and Fishing Club ~ our flag!

Brand New

The Nahanni camping and fishin club in now online. Brand new website at
www.nahannicampingandfishingclub.com Check out the site. Enter your Nahanni info here,
This is going to be fun........ but not as much fun as fishing!