Fishing: We provide transportation to and from the airport or lodging should you choose to provide your own. We also provide or make available: Heated four-wall tent, cots, sleeping bags and pads, pillows, a stove for the tent for making hot beverages aside from what will be prepared for you, card table and chairs, lantern, flashlights, cards and cribbage board, self-bailing raft, life jackets, coolers and ice, beer and soft drinks, breakfast, lunch and dinner. Your driver will handle all transportation needs as well as most camp chores. Fishers clean their own fish.

      Upland bird and waterfowl hunting: All of the above plus dekes and a trained retriever. Hunters transporting birds back home should have their own coolers for the return. For an additional charge, we will pack and ship birds for you. Gunners clean their own birds. No bag limits are guaranteed.

     Prices: Rates given are examples based on the activities as described. Any party arriving late in the day will be charged one-half of the agreed upon daily rate for that day. Similarly, if the last day is a half-day of activities or less, the rate will be one-half of the agreed upon daily rate.

      You Provide: Your hunting gear and ammunition, fishing gear and rain gear, all personal items. Try to pack light. The more unnecessary stuff you bring, the less time and space will be available for hunting and fishing.

      We Suggest You Bring (at least): Perfume free sunscreen (doesn’t attract bugs), deet or other insect repellent, layered clothing. Breathable fabric rain suit. Neoprene waders, felt sole wading boots. Two flyrods, one with a WFF-6, one with a WFF-6 fast sink tip. One shotgun you have actually practiced with before showing up to go hunting. Breakdown rod tubes with the zippered reel pouch so rods can be safely stowed on the boat, yet quickly rigged. A hat that will stay on in the wind. Polaroid sunglasses and shooting glasses. Hunter safety orange vest or hat. Insulated wool or neoprene gloves with fingertips open. Dry chemical packet handwarmers. A bottle of scotch or bourbon that was made before your oldest grandchild was born. A sense of humor, willingness to participate in making camp life easier and more fun for everybody.

      We Insist You Leave Behind: Your cell phone, the blues, any irritating personal traits.

      Payment, Deposits: A fifty- percent deposit must be received by us at least fourteen days prior to arrival date. Balance due upon arrival. Sorry, we can’t give no-show or cancellation refunds, but if weather or other factors beyond our control cause trip cancellation or shortening of a planned trip, we may refund or give future credit based on unused trip days. We don’t take credit cards. Payment must be made in the form of money order, certified check, cashier’s check or traveler’s check.

      References: We will be happy to provide to serious inquiries a list of our satisfied friends.

      There are many guides. There are a lot of good guides. There are some who sadly lack true wilderness experience. There are guides who can show you an excellent restaurant in the city. There are guides who are true wilderness chefs. Please feel free to browse www.Orvis.com. I am confident of the intelligence of my friends.

      Contact: Capt. Harv {cap@lipripper.com}