I've talked with him, ordered videos from him, and seen him on many videos...but never fished with him...but my gut feeling is that he's very honest, and quite knowledgeable about catching fish! But steelhead, esp. when the rivers aren't in great shape that day, can be tough...so he's probably a great choice, but there are no guarantees in fishing...or else they'd call it "catching" and not "fishing"!