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Zurf, I will be in touch through emails and such, depending on interest.

I'd like to ideally take 12-25 people on a little wilderness adventure, daytime paddling and swimming and fishing, evening jams by the fireside, under the blanket of stars, on a good night, the northern lights dancing above us. That is my idea of heaven.

Hope some others express a real interest, like I said, I am more than willing to organize and plan it. Doing it via email will work for a time. Let's see who is really interested, and go from there. July of 2012, somewhere in the vicinity of Elliot Lake, Ontario, Canada, as close to God's country as it gets. 

Anyone interested, email me at: whitewater55@yahoo.com.

Thanks
Randy

If there's interest in a July 2012 get-together, I can also set up a trip that is very easy, lake travel only and with easy portages, instead of a river run. I am more than willing to organize the nuts and bolts of it, ie booking rooms for the arrival and departure days, menu, route, safety, equipment and so on. Would cost about $100.00 or so per person, depending on which route we use and so on, perhaps as low as $50=75, if no hotel rooms are involved.

Let me know, folks, if there is interest - the river route could accomodate up to about 20 people, the lake route a few more, campsites on both routes are roomy enough for 6-8 tents. So, reply in this thread, and I will start organizing, or you can email me at: whitewater55@yahoo.com and I will respond promptly. Could be a real fun time, I think...

My all-time favourite rock lyric - Bob Seger - "Wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then"

Against the Wind

"I'd let that lonesome whistle blow my blues away"

"I keep a close watch on this hard of mine,
I keep my fly wide open all the time,
I keep my pants held up with a piece of twine.
Because your mine, please pull that twine!"

Some guy in a black hat - including the second lyric...

Sorry for the hijack, CC.

As to the OP, like I said, pick a dozen or so songs that you can do from memory, practise the crap out of them, until you're completely comfortable, and don't sweat it if you make mistakes, no one will notice. Make sure you pick tunes that your audience is familiar with, and they will eat it up. Most non-players are thoroughly bedazzled by a singing guitar player and will appreciate familiar songs.

Thanks, Zurf, I felt kinda bad about wrecking the thread.

As to fly fishing, I am an avid fly fisher. My late grandfather taught me to roll-cast when I was a wee tad, and I've never stopped. I tie my own flies, too!

As to species caught, apart from most of the trouts and salmonids, I have landed smallmouth and largemouth bass, pike, muskie, carp, catfish, panfish, whitefish and yes, even walleyes! I live near one of the greatest freshwater fisheries in the world, and regularly catch walleyes on the fly rod. If you've ever been jig fishing for walleyes, and they suddenly stop feeding, and you notice a few million mayflies buzzing around, switch to a sink tip line and fish mayfly emergers. The walleyes will be gorging themselves on them, and are easy to catch!

This condition doesn't occur that often, a few times a month, but a clue is to watch the barometer, when it starts to dip, just before a cold front moves in, mayflies will be hatching in the millions. Good times watching the hardcore walleyers freak out when I start landing them on the fly rod.

It would be interesting to organize a little trip down the Mississaugi River, perhaps next summer, 2012, before the apocolypse. ;o)
If there is any interest, let me know and I will get to work organizing.

The upper stretches of the Mississauga, from Aubrey Falls down to Pig Pen Chute has incredible brook trout fishing in early summer, and from the chute down is world class smallmouth and walleye water. The campsites are a bit spread out, but the scenery is terrific, and the river seldom runs more than a few miles from a highway. The road can only be seen in a few places, and it has lots of class II and III pool and drop runs that are tons of fun without being too difficult. The entire trip is about 100 kms or so, and can be run in 4 days, but I like to stretch it out for a week or so, cos' I'm lazy.

Check it out, folks, and get back to me about it!

Easy enough to learn,though, just stream hydraulics. Where do you paddle? Not sure which state you're in. I grew up paddling in a little town called Hawk Junction, near Wawa Ontario, Canada. I'm pushing 60, so my endurance has waned somewhat, if not my enthusiasm for canoe tripping. Only get to go on a real trip about twice a year, now. When I was guiding, I would make about 15-20, 3 to 8 day trips a year, but I stopped guiding 10 years ago.

Check out the Kort semis, good workmanship, quick action, great pickups and sound great unplugged. They're in the 3-500 range.