You may be right Wolfie.......There are alot of bears in the area of
Hemlock Acres.....99.9 percent of the time the bears will move on
away.........I have fished Three Streamer Stans with bears in the area
i have seen scat at Ingleby.......I have seen Rattle Snakes at Big
Fishing Creek.....Yes Rudy could proberly do a little more to deter the
bears from hanging around the campgrounds but so do people camping.....
When we were there in June Rudy was picking up the garbage on a daily
bases... He did have warnings at the store and on the bulletin board of
bears in the area he did personal tell me of the bears and has a sign
to stopp and see him upon arrival..... Any idea what else he could
do......i know of at least 3 bears that hang out over at Stans which is
over the hill from Hemlock......There are several down at The Cherry
Run Cabin area.......Wild life is a part of the mystic we call
flyfishing I myself enjoy it as much as fishing itself.........I grew
up with wild life in the woods of Maine our nearest neighbor was 3/4 of
a mile away the bus stop was 1 1/4 mile from home my brother and i
carried loaded rifles to and from the bus stop yes we walked....... The
property is now a sportsmens club........Most of my encounters have
been in the east some in Ga, SC, Texas,& Ca.....We all know as
sportsmen that food stuffs are to be kept cleaned up and stored
properly Frank admits he did not do that but knew to do that I don't
think the bear was interested in chowing on you or Frank but barley
stew but ya gotta admit looking for a place to sleep wearing only your
BVD's was funny......Most human/animal encounters are caused by human
error ie right place wrong time food stuffs just lieing around the list
goes on and on......As the country gets more developed the less
habitate animals have thus more encounters and we all know the animal
get the short end of the stick........Here in Ct we have had around 75
bear sightings this year alone..........Enough of my ramblings just
wanted to put my $.02 in........................


Standin In A River Wavibg A Stick

Mike