Coughlin Wrote "I ran across a guy once who was taking his lunch break. I kid you not, he had a camp fire going and skillet and was sauting steak and peppers. I figured he was on an alogether different fishing track from me".
Geesh!! And, he DIDN'T offer to "share with you"!?! How utterly; "L.L.Beanish" of the low cur!
So many times, when Pontooning the rivers of Idaho, Montana and even in Oregon, we'll put into a small "beach" to take a break, a look, or to work a pool, before floating through it. And, I cannot count the times that Bishop and I have come across one of the "guided trips", breaking for the "midday repast"......................
"Folding tables, checkered table clothes, wine on ice, (BEER is obviously to "gauche"!!??) portable GAS, BBQs, wine GLASSES- (not low-life wine PLASTICS,), folding nylon chairs.....(with, folding footstools as we saw on one such set up!), and, naturally, the wonderful aroma of sizzling T-bones and Rib Eyes!
We've pretty much been sure, when running across one of these "lunch camps", that somewhere in that mess, there just had to be "baked potatoes" and "tossed, green salads", but we leave right away, since they never invite US to stay and join the fun!
Our "classic camp" that we still love to remember, was on the upper stretches of the Bitterroot one late August........ this camp had all of the above listed, "necessities", of course!! But, as we oared into shore, we about dropped our rods, (and our jaws), when we spotted a "towel wrapped lovely".......emerging wet hair and all, from a portable, solar heated, folding SHOWER the lunch camp had set up!
No, it wasn't a "camp", for staying in......... no tents, no other signs of time spent there for more than lunch. In fact, the two yellow rafts caught up to us, about two hours later and drifted on past us!!
I, suppose, when you pay what some of these people pay..... for a day on the water, you have to expect more than "granola bars and Pepsi!?!