I have made an agreement to accept an offer for a regular every issue column in a major fishing magazine. And I have agreed in principle on a book publishing deal for The REEL TRUTH. I now have deadlines for my first column soon, and essentially a deadline for finishing my book manuscript for the publisher. The publishing process from there takes 6 months to complete and have for sale at outlets and publisher catalog (way longer than I would have thought). So foy you skeptics, yes there is a book on the horizon . I am also starting a fishing video project next week with Scott Kappes of the Hot Tamale Outdoor cable TV productions. This will now put me into overload timewise. So I have communicated with Bob that I must relenquish my moderator role here. It is very time consuming for me, and the 2 mod' roles I've had has actually been the biggest reason I haven't finished my book. So ...

... I will stay in my role here for a bit to give Bob time to decide if he wants a replacement moderator. After that I will be an active P.P. BB member that accesses about every other day or so for short intervals. Feel free to ask any fishing tech Q's of me you feel like and I will give you my 2 cents worth as soon as I see it. Bob is such a good guy to work with, and I thank you Bob for this opportunity and all you have done for me. I will be around to help as much as time allows. Take care and thanks for all the support given to me. - Steve Hanson (RT)

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