Thanks for the kind words Coot. ... Just after I recently got the excellant drift fishing video by Herzog and Amato, I picked up a copy of 'Zog's drift fishing book. I haven't read it all yet, but I have heard a lot of good acolades about it. I think one way I might be able to do a better job on the watermanship thing than Bill is to steal all of his stuff and add some things to it. Hey, just kidding Bill. Maybe. I'll see after I read it. As you found out, that's one advantage of coming out with books after other works have been published. Remember decades ago the "Steelhead Drift Fishing" book by Bill Luch? It was my first steelie read. And it had a good section in it on steelhead flyfishing by Frank Amato. ...

Coot, since you have been an outdoorsman in the beauty and clean air of B.C., and only 80 (which is much younger than it used to be in past generations), I bet you will be with us for many more years to come - and catching lots more fish. Take care.

RT