Mike: The finest thing about this business is hearing from guys like you who enjoy their fishing more now because of something I wrote. I love that.

Years ago I was banking it on the Snoqualmie when two guys came by in a boat. One was so pumped he could hardly talk. He had just landed a fine steelhead on a pink worm. He didn’t recognize me and told me that he had read about them but really didn’t have much faith in them until he hooked the only fish of the day on good old Jake the Snake. That made my day!

But, I think maybe I might have written a few too many articles on the Vedder.

There is a new magazine coming out in January called Steelhead and Salmon Journal. I have an article in it on Vedder River steelhead. Guess I'm a slow learner.