Hey Bruce,

You still have about a week to get your article in by the April/May issue deadline. Geez, if you're that stickin busy, I'll ghostwrite the thing for ya under your byline, eh? Man that would be fun - I would take one hell of a chunk of literary license with your name being on it. Yeehaaw. But the only pic in it of 'butt' would be the big halibut(t) we got. ...

BTW, Matt lives in a big fishing lodge with his wife on the Stamp River. Nick and I stayed over night there on the way back and it's an awesome place! Giant log framing and siding - a modern version of the old rustic river lodges. A short hike out back right down to the famous Stamp River. When the fall salmon runs are in, or better yet the excellant runs of winter and summer steelhead, would be a great time to book a room or a few rooms and set up guided river trips with Matt and crew.

RT