I'm sitting here watching this 15 year old video, and I'm approaching the age you were in this video at the time. I watch your current stuff and you're still at it and enjoying it all these years later - it really gives me hope for the future and keeping active in my older age! Wooo buddy, buddy!
I own a Hennessy Hammock, and love it. Other than the small fly that comes with it. I find every night too windy and cold in it, even on hot summer nights. I've taken the fly off the hannock's suspension lines, put it on a ridgline of its own so I can hang it lower to the hammock. I like being cozy and cocooned in for sleeping. And use a 7x9 tarp over that again. The factory fly allows 100% of the wind in, in the ends. Great vid Shug.....keep up the good work.
I ended up buying the camouflage basha with alot of loops around it and three loops on the top and went to the forest. I didnt expect to stay overnight but as i went really far i had to stay I first went to the forest in the valley but it came out to be a damn swamp so i ended up making a shelter in the rock formation in the mountains cause the flies and mosquitoes would have eaten me alive The basha was awesome and provided me with the best cover from the wind and rain Now i need a hammock!
Just discovered your channel as I just got my first hammock and was looking for ideas. Watched about 8 of your vids in a row. I'll have to go back through and practice some of those knots. Love your style and occasional antics, especially when you make up songs on the fly. I do that all the time and my cats think I'm hilarious.
Best Tarp info ever! Thanks mate, I found your video informative and entertaining, I'm just starting out so am looking for tent and hammock ideas and you've got some pretty practical info right here. Cheers from the UK!
I'm disappointed with most of the videos like this that I see on youtube... it seems that it most are hosted by some boring guy droning on and on about nothing... or jacked up on quick edits and heavy metal music. It is a pleasure to find folks like yourself who are making GREAT informative videos full of mirth and USEFUL information. Great job editing, and keeping it moving... I got all the great tips you had to offer without having to watch 14 minutes of you setting things up. EXCELLENT!
At the end of your video I caught the Prologue to Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales. I had to listen again, but yes, I caught it. It wasn't complete of course, but the first few lines of it.
Man oh man between you and ReallyBigMonkey1 you put use to shame. Well maybe not that bad but that is awesome along with all of your other equipment that that you make you'll never be without. Thanks again for a Great video
I'm with Loverise,Shuge,great video! You've got to real marketable designs there.Those tarp tensioners are awesome.I'm going to make a set for my Clip lite. Thanks agin,Shuge A#1
Sigh, I grew up in the islands and there was always a hammock there strung up with rope and a burlap sack. Forgot about it, in the military's working in jungles of se Asia I saw the local with them so but that sleeping bag away and back to hammock omg first night joyous. So for like for months in broken periods I live in a tarp hammock set up with a netting. This vantage point made it great to watch my buddies get bitten by every insect know to man. Tarp and hammocks work and for mobility and to get out of some where in a hurry there is. I better. I always wonder how you would employ it in the cold temp we'll wonder no more...ran into your channel just got to figure out how to keep my dog in his. Love the channel
you do some nice work making this stuff, that tarp looks like the winter palace from (oh) i see you have that tarp as well, in cuben fiber! cheers guy. great info. thanks
"African anaconda's" are extremely rare; If you ever encounter one, you're really having a bad day. Heh! I don't have a tarp with doors, but the tarps I use are large enough to configure them with doors. I agree, that's the best way to go for cold weather conditions with a hammock. As always, I really enjoyed your video.
***** hiya shug! What would you say is your favorite tarp set up system? I'm planning on purchasing a warbonnet superfly in the near future and am trying to figure out the best complete set up for it. Are a snakeskins the most convenient or would using a double ended stuff sack/bishop bag be better? I'm currently using a continuous ridgeline with two mini carabiners and a prusik knot on one end. I can't seem to figure out how to properly set this up as the prusik knot doesn't seem to hold taught. Would using guy lines on each end be easier. Thanks in advance!
Great vid. lots of good tip's & tricks. Will be jungle camping soon in Thailand & need a sil tarp to cover my 6'4" frame and Grand Trunk hammock that is 10' in length. Also, the tarp must have an over lap of 12" on either side and be made of the strongest/ lightest material on the market. what do you recommend?
I have a Maccat Deluxe tarp (130 inch ridge line). I just ordered a Dream Hammock Darien in 11ft. (110 ridge line). Should 10 inches of overhang be sufficient for 3 season camping?
shug love your video's.. i recently bought a g.i. jungle hammock. and plan on spending alot of time this winter in it. do you have any sugestions when it comes to under quilt's?? have you tried to diy?? thank's man happy trail's
Kinda wild to see the differences in your tarp setup 11 years ago vs today. What lessons have you learned that affected your hang the most in that time? Figure 9s and surgical tube is a blast from the past. Lol. Have you found any differences in ice and snow cling between silnylon and DCF tarps for winter use?
Not much. But I am pretty good at pitching a tarp after so many times. I've only used silnylon of silpoly in winter. But I think DCF sheds snow just fine but a lot depends on the steepness of the tarp pitch.
it there any certain reason why you made your snake tube out of bug netting it that for water eveperation purposes or is it what material you had lying around
Hey shug love your vids after a couple I subscribed. Im having a problem searching for the perfect tarp for me and your winter tarp all most hit it on the the nose except I want the exact same tarp but camo!! got any info?
Shug what is the dealio on the tarps that are square and rectangles vs the ones with curved sides? and i am with Bigmac too 50% watch you for fun and 50% for learning.
Shug just an Idea for you... I am thinking about getting a Forest camera to set up around my camp site at night... That would be motion activated...just to see what type of critters come through my campsite at night when I'm on a Backpacking trips. Has anyone ever done this before and what cameras do you recommend?...Maybe this could be something you would be interested in doing...then you could add some of this content to some of your videos... Blessings Rodney
It never drips on me if I pitch it kinda steep, I just try not to rub up against it. Condensation does not always happen. But sometimes it does. Such is the backpacking life.
I always enjoy your videos. I like the face mask if glasses do not fog up? Been shopping for one with Windstopper. Any suggestions or comments on that? Thank you.
Thank you for the reply. Do you recall the facemask name. Is that the OR face mask? There is small metal band on those white masks you get from the hardware store. I thought to cut one out and sew it to the nose to close it off. In theory, no more fog.
question, im new to DIY silnylon tarps and on the second tarp you showed were the tie outs on the ends longer than the two tie outs on the side? the reason im confused is it has a round appearence on the bottom of the sides. i really liked this video as well as your channel shug. i hope you have many more nights of comfort in your hammock.
Hey Shug Would you consider that small tarp to be comparable to the Warbonnet Edge. I'm considering one and can't find many reviews. What do you think OZ. Thanks
Hey Shug! You seem to know a thing or two about hammocks and tarps. I bought a WBRR hammock last year and i havent found a lightweight tarp under (500grams) with the ability to close the doors. You have any tips ? //Mark
Shug, the first vid with the tarp with the doors.... was that something you bought with the doors already on it, or did you mod the doors on it? Looking for something with doors pre-installed.
***** I have an Byer of Maine Amazonas hammock, but I will probably make a new hammock like Green Bean, the tarp that I'm saving for is the Kelty noah's tarp 12. You should do a tutorial on how to make a hammock like Green Bean. Thanks for the vid very helpful
Hey shug! I've got a question for you on tarps. I was looking at the "adventure tarp 2" by terra nova. in your opinion would this tarp be good enough for an all round tarp for tarp camping and also a tarp for a warbonnet blackbird? If not what would you suggest as an allround Tarp?
Definitely going to consider taking a pair of scissors to my fleece balaclava to reduce the ever-annoying condensation effect. Thanks! And thanks for making these videos- I've been getting super excited about the viability of winter hammocking (as fun as building shelters has been these past two years). If you're ever in VT, there's a drink waiting for you- hot or cold, whatever the season calls for.
Shug made my first video for ya. Hay so you need you to see its sideways so hang on...where do you set your ridge line on top of tarp or under? Check out my vid.
tony jara I don't think pantyhose they would hold up well. Snakesking are not that expensive....www.outdoortrailgear.com/cottage-industries/mountaingoatgear/mesh-tarp-storage-sleeves/
You were thinking of flexin some of your improvising muscles with the misses' under garments! That's called taking the initiative son, wish I had a dozen more like ya.
I'm sitting here watching this 15 year old video, and I'm approaching the age you were in this video at the time. I watch your current stuff and you're still at it and enjoying it all these years later - it really gives me hope for the future and keeping active in my older age! Wooo buddy, buddy!
Hope Springs Eternal. Stay Interested in Things. Go All In.
Shug! Finally listened to you about the ridge line on the hammock..... changed my world, thanks
Aye! Carry forth~~~~~
Shug, you are the man...love your custom tarp.
Hey Shug,
Great video again. Love your tarp ideas.especially the tensioners and the snakeskins.
Take care,
Bluefin
rewatching Shuggery goodness 13 years old and still as applicable as ever
Good to hear!
Same here. Shug and his wisdom is timeless.............although some of the small cottage businesses have disappeared so the links no longer work.
@@ORflycaster Links become obscure after many a year.
I own a Hennessy Hammock, and love it. Other than the small fly that comes with it. I find every night too windy and cold in it, even on hot summer nights. I've taken the fly off the hannock's suspension lines, put it on a ridgline of its own so I can hang it lower to the hammock. I like being cozy and cocooned in for sleeping. And use a 7x9 tarp over that again. The factory fly allows 100% of the wind in, in the ends.
Great vid Shug.....keep up the good work.
Brian Whippie Whooooo Buddy))))
I ended up buying the camouflage basha with alot of loops around it and three loops on the top and went to the forest. I didnt expect to stay overnight but as i went really far i had to stay
I first went to the forest in the valley but it came out to be a damn swamp so i ended up making a shelter in the rock formation in the mountains cause the flies and mosquitoes would have eaten me alive The basha was awesome and provided me with the best cover from the wind and rain Now i need a hammock!
Hi (jasper here )new to this tarp and hammock thing , bin canoeing and camping for some time now , definitely going over to the hammock /tarp thanks
Wow, very educational as well as entertaining. Love the goofball sense of humor!
Wow....old video but thanks for checking it out. I got a lot more tarp videos and tutorials since then. Yes, I am still a bit of a goof.
Just discovered your channel as I just got my first hammock and was looking for ideas. Watched about 8 of your vids in a row. I'll have to go back through and practice some of those knots. Love your style and occasional antics, especially when you make up songs on the fly. I do that all the time and my cats think I'm hilarious.
Here are some Tarp Tutorials that may interest you. Enjoy knotting or not knotting~~~
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Best Tarp info ever! Thanks mate, I found your video informative and entertaining, I'm just starting out so am looking for tent and hammock ideas and you've got some pretty practical info right here. Cheers from the UK!
Shug my friend. What a great video!! Loved it. God bless. John
Love the snakeskins. Beautiful idea.
Applause!
Another well done vid, Shug - looking forward to the thaw! : )
I'm disappointed with most of the videos like this that I see on youtube... it seems that it most are hosted by some boring guy droning on and on about nothing... or jacked up on quick edits and heavy metal music. It is a pleasure to find folks like yourself who are making GREAT informative videos full of mirth and USEFUL information. Great job editing, and keeping it moving... I got all the great tips you had to offer without having to watch 14 minutes of you setting things up. EXCELLENT!
Hi Shug, great video as always 5/5 and as always funny :) I really like you man, and I'm really looking forward to your next one.
Thankee for the tips, Shug-of-the-past!
Y'elcome feller.
Hi ,y am from pamplona spain,me encanta tu pagina y tus videos son jeniales.Sigue asi por fabor.
Haha! That is exactly how I remembered it too! That is so funny. I have fond memories of those days back then. ;)
i mean this in the best way, i won't be surprised at all when you start showing off tarps made with human skin
Wow nice setup, thanks for posting!!
At the end of your video I caught the Prologue to Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales. I had to listen again, but yes, I caught it. It wasn't complete of course, but the first few lines of it.
Great vid shug, thanks for the great info about wintercamping...
You are one sick puppy... ;)
Man oh man between you and ReallyBigMonkey1 you put use to shame. Well maybe not that bad but that is awesome along with all of your other equipment that that you make you'll never be without. Thanks again for a Great video
I'm with Loverise,Shuge,great video! You've got to real marketable designs there.Those tarp tensioners are awesome.I'm going to make a set for my Clip lite. Thanks agin,Shuge A#1
Nope, don't really care about hammocks or tarps, I just watch your videos cause your a hoot!
Made my day.
Sigh, I grew up in the islands and there was always a hammock there strung up with rope and a burlap sack. Forgot about it, in the military's working in jungles of se Asia I saw the local with them so but that sleeping bag away and back to hammock omg first night joyous. So for like for months in broken periods I live in a tarp hammock set up with a netting. This vantage point made it great to watch my buddies get bitten by every insect know to man. Tarp and hammocks work and for mobility and to get out of some where in a hurry there is. I better. I always wonder how you would employ it in the cold temp we'll wonder no more...ran into your channel just got to figure out how to keep my dog in his. Love the channel
Good story. Thankee.
Forgot about that old video.
I can do it all day and sometimes I do!!!!! Good job skit master! Lol
Thankee.
you do some nice work making this stuff, that tarp looks like the winter palace from (oh) i see you have that tarp as well, in cuben fiber! cheers guy. great info. thanks
You must be Danny Kaye re-born! LEGEND!!!
cnb1971 I bow here.
"African anaconda's" are extremely rare; If you ever encounter one, you're really having a bad day. Heh!
I don't have a tarp with doors, but the tarps I use are large enough to configure them with doors. I agree, that's the best way to go for cold weather conditions with a hammock.
As always, I really enjoyed your video.
Nice to have that wind block when needed. And it is needed at times.
Dude ur crazy as a cut snake haha...I love the video its pretty creative with what you have done with the tarp mate :)
Great ideas, I never thought of snake skins on my tarp I have them on my hennesy hammock.
Thanks for the lowdown on snake skins and... Those rubber do hickies.most helpful.
theshepard22 Old vidoe...forgot about this one! I do like me some snakeskins.
***** hiya shug! What would you say is your favorite tarp set up system? I'm planning on purchasing a warbonnet superfly in the near future and am trying to figure out the best complete set up for it. Are a snakeskins the most convenient or would using a double ended stuff sack/bishop bag be better? I'm currently using a continuous ridgeline with two mini carabiners and a prusik knot on one end. I can't seem to figure out how to properly set this up as the prusik knot doesn't seem to hold taught. Would using guy lines on each end be easier. Thanks in advance!
Watch more of Shug's videos and you questions will all be answered.
i am just glad they dont call them foreskins
between Shug and the TV series Kung Fu all of life's answers are available for free.
hey shug at 8:38 you said "i hope your name is ED" and mine is Ed so now i feel honured to be in one of your vids ! LOL ;D
Love the last 30 seconds of this vid....that boy ain`t all there :-)
(I subscribed anyway :-)
Blackwaterdogs I am here...all here))))) :-) Thankee.
Great vid. lots of good tip's & tricks. Will be jungle camping soon in Thailand & need a sil tarp to cover my 6'4" frame and Grand Trunk hammock that is 10' in length. Also, the tarp must have an over lap of 12" on either side and be made of the strongest/ lightest material on the market. what do you recommend?
I think I'm going to use the last ten seconds of audio for my ring tone...... Still laughing.
+Dan Weiss Creemo Crimo Deyro Waa.......
i bet he could make a few bucks making voice message /greetings/ringtone.
Milwaukee Dan he channels Robin Williams and Andy Kaufman. makes me crack up Everytime..
You make me laugh
love the vids; great info & humor! Thanks for sharing
I have a Maccat Deluxe tarp (130 inch ridge line). I just ordered a Dream Hammock Darien in 11ft. (110 ridge line). Should 10 inches of overhang be sufficient for 3 season camping?
Center it all up good and you'll make it. In a big rain hang the tarp down low to the hammock ridgeline.
"i could do that all day
and sometimes i do" lol!
im with shuge here the best camping vids on the site. hey i was wondering if you ever made your own hammocks?
TARP TALK! great vid!
Thankee.
shug love your video's.. i recently bought a g.i. jungle hammock. and plan on spending alot of time this winter in it. do you have any sugestions when it comes to under quilt's?? have you tried to diy??
thank's man happy trail's
Hi Shug, question is Speer out of business? They are very popular but when I go to their website they don't appear to be up and running .
Out of business but check tttrailgeardotcom. Under hammocks.
Hey, Shug - can you do a video on how to sew patches for tie-outs for noobs? Love the videos, keep 'em coming.
Doubt I will ever sew one again but here is some intel on it.....ua-cam.com/users/results?search_query=sewing+pullouts+on+a+tarp
Much obliged, kind sir.
Thanks Shug. My last name is Emery too. :D Hence the MRE in my user name. Cheers mate. From downunder. Jared.
Hey Shug, I enjoy all of your vidios and was wondering how you attach the surgical tubing to the hammock guylines. Thanks good buddy!
It was complicated and I don't do it that way anymore but do this way....ua-cam.com/video/4GQPY5BuyPI/v-deo.html
shugemery Thanks Shug. You are a hoot!
Kinda wild to see the differences in your tarp setup 11 years ago vs today. What lessons have you learned that affected your hang the most in that time? Figure 9s and surgical tube is a blast from the past. Lol. Have you found any differences in ice and snow cling between silnylon and DCF tarps for winter use?
Not much. But I am pretty good at pitching a tarp after so many times.
I've only used silnylon of silpoly in winter. But I think DCF sheds snow just fine but a lot depends on the steepness of the tarp pitch.
it there any certain reason why you made your snake tube out of bug netting it that for water eveperation purposes or is it what material you had lying around
The directions I followed called for netting. I made some from silnylon as well. Either works and the netting does not do much for water evaporation.
Thanks was going to make some was wanting to make sure. -happy hangin
This has been a sector 7 production, pay attention folks!
Man:) You brought some light to my day^^ Awesome video!
Do you have any good ideas about the cheaper tarps?
Hey shug love your vids after a couple I subscribed. Im having a problem searching for the perfect tarp for me and your winter tarp all most hit it on the the nose except I want the exact same tarp but camo!! got any info?
Zach B Right here is the closest thing.....www.warbonnetoutdoors.com/superfly/
Shug what is the dealio on the tarps that are square and rectangles vs the ones with curved sides? and i am with Bigmac too 50% watch you for fun and 50% for learning.
cat cuts (curved sides) help giva the tarp a tight itch.
Whoops..meant pitch.
Shug just an Idea for you...
I am thinking about getting a Forest camera to set up around my camp site at night... That would be motion activated...just to see what type of critters come through my campsite at night when I'm on a Backpacking trips. Has anyone ever done this before and what cameras do you recommend?...Maybe this could be something you would be interested in doing...then you could add some of this content to some of your videos... Blessings Rodney
I really don't want to know what may come up peeking at me as I slumber! I've have no idea but any game trail camera should do the trick.
How do you handle condensation on you tarp and keep it from raining on yourself?
It never drips on me if I pitch it kinda steep, I just try not to rub up against it. Condensation does not always happen. But sometimes it does. Such is the backpacking life.
So, when you take along your smaller tarp... how many and what size dumbbells do you usually pack?!? Just askin' ;)
***** I carry extra candy
Hilarious and informative!
lol , i thought i had cabin fever! you da man!
I always enjoy your videos. I like the face mask if glasses do not fog up? Been shopping for one with Windstopper. Any suggestions or comments on that? Thank you.
A bit of fog but if I control my breath not too ba. Only wear glasses when reading though. Just gonna happen.
Thank you for the reply. Do you recall the facemask name. Is that the OR face mask? There is small metal band on those white masks you get from the hardware store. I thought to cut one out and sew it to the nose to close it off. In theory, no more fog.
It was the OR.
that's just the way we like him...
Was this a "pre-superfly prototype"? Before the warbonnet superfly?? Awesome tarp!
More the size of the Edge tarp. May have inspired that but I love the size.
question, im new to DIY silnylon tarps and on the second tarp you showed were the tie outs on the ends longer than the two tie outs on the side? the reason im confused is it has a round appearence on the bottom of the sides. i really liked this video as well as your channel shug. i hope you have many more nights of comfort in your hammock.
Hey Shug what size tarp do you use the most? I am curious because I recently got a 9x9 and it appears to be a little small for rain protection.
Just how long have you been hangin in trees ?
Hey Shug
Would you consider that small tarp to be comparable to the Warbonnet Edge. I'm considering one and can't find many reviews. What do you think OZ. Thanks
What knot's do you use to tie your ridgeline to the trees?
He Shug wats your skinny on home made bug nets?
Dutch1722 I made one way back. Now I would just get this.....www.dutchwaregear.com/fronkey-style-bugnet.html
Hey Shug! You seem to know a thing or two about hammocks and tarps. I bought a WBRR hammock last year and i havent found a lightweight tarp under (500grams) with the ability to close the doors. You have any tips ?
//Mark
Vild Mark Message sent....guess I was able to comment!
Vild Mark ua-cam.com/video/2sL0FIHQD84/v-deo.html
Thanks shugeryshug, whooooo budy!
Great Video,
Shug, could you do a video of making the snake skins for the tarp. I would like to add those to my hammock.
Warmly,
Laurie
great video, and awesome tarp - amazing job for cold weather at 30 ozs, can I pay you to make me one?
Oh an why do i see ridge lines on top, and under the tarp. Why the two different configurations?
Shug, the first vid with the tarp with the doors.... was that something you bought with the doors already on it, or did you mod the doors on it? Looking for something with doors pre-installed.
You're weird.
But good designs. Makes me want to rework my tarp designs. Again.
Thanks for the great ideas & great videos. Keep it up!
Hey do you know where the directions reside for this tarp now? I seem to be a few years late and the website doesn't exist anymore
Here you go....tothewoods.net/ImagesStayDry/BlackCatTarp.pdf
And this.....ua-cam.com/play/PLahaAdtfX9ZK1k8bDbsr4JzQgQ_iyB2RU.html
Thanks I think this just saved me $150+
What are the dimensions on the grey tarp?
Nice Chaucerian gobbledegook. ;-)
Thank thou.....
Haha you are funny :p cool vid
Greetings from the netherlands
lol...ur a nut...great tarp video!!!
GEE! It’s almost like you have a real tent, instead of a pretend one.
Tent with a view.
Where do you get your silnylin?
Shug, if you had a choice, would you face the doors into the wind?
Yes I would.
What are you using to video your program?
Kevin Main I use iMovie.
Would I be wrong thinking that Murdock outta the A Team was a big influence on u?
Is the small grey tarp homemade?
Yes...I made that tarp.
***** I have an Byer of Maine Amazonas hammock, but I will probably make a new hammock like Green Bean, the tarp that I'm saving for is the Kelty noah's tarp 12. You should do a tutorial on how to make a hammock like Green Bean. Thanks for the vid very helpful
Great show, man! Subscribing ;-)
You are Cray Cray
Hey shug! I've got a question for you on tarps.
I was looking at the "adventure tarp 2" by terra nova.
in your opinion would this tarp be good enough for an all round tarp for tarp camping and also a tarp for a warbonnet blackbird? If not what would you suggest as an allround Tarp?
This guy has spent a little too long in the outdoors, you might not notice it but he's a little cooky,
Hey Shug! Your Awesome!
please, who makes that face mask?
I am not sure. Had it for so long I forgot.
looks nice, i love my merino mask, when i bike it wicks amazing, but if i cover my nose my glasses fog, no biggie
What's the mask you're wearing there at the end?
It is just a standard balaclava.
Sorry, I meant the mask you're wearing during the 8:30 serenade, with the nose vent- hadn't seen that before.
Matthew Benevento It is a fleece face mask I picked up years ago. Not sure of the brand. They are all neoprene now.
Definitely going to consider taking a pair of scissors to my fleece balaclava to reduce the ever-annoying condensation effect. Thanks! And thanks for making these videos- I've been getting super excited about the viability of winter hammocking (as fun as building shelters has been these past two years). If you're ever in VT, there's a drink waiting for you- hot or cold, whatever the season calls for.
Shug made my first video for ya. Hay so you need you to see its sideways so hang on...where do you set your ridge line on top of tarp or under? Check out my vid.
funny guy!
lol =D
Have you ever thought to use....women's pantyhose as a poor mans snake skins?.....what do ya think?
tony jara I don't think pantyhose they would hold up well. Snakesking are not that expensive....www.outdoortrailgear.com/cottage-industries/mountaingoatgear/mesh-tarp-storage-sleeves/
Ok.... thanks....what was I thinking?
You were thinking of flexin some of your improvising muscles with the misses' under garments! That's called taking the initiative son, wish I had a dozen more like ya.