I have spent a good bit of time in the Winds.
2 suggestions -
1) Get Rich Osthoff's Fly Fishing the Rocky Mountain Backcountry and study up on the area you are going - quick, I know you are short on time but trust me you'll be glad you check out this book
2) Headnet and a spare headnet
Very good advice. You have to have a headnet and lot's of deet. I'm getting a Bug Shirt before next years trip.
http://www.bugshirt.com/diagrams.htmThere was a lot of standing water when we were there. This was a huge snow year and there are more mosquitos than normal. Most of our trip, we were above tree-line, but when we were below tree-line, it was long sleeves, pants and headnets. Skeeters were bad.
Rich's book is the bible for backcountry fishing. His favorite place is in the Winds. Lot's of good info in his book.
What kind of fish are you looking for?
Yea, we had "problem" bear....that needed educating.
we we're covered....if we had needed it. It was just a big boar black bear who wasn't scared at all.