I have been following Andy Matthew's growing steelhead lure venture, The Steelhead Solution -(360)533-1449, for quite ahwile and with much interest. Not only for his good products, but for the human interest story within his posts and my conversations with him directly. He is a good young man that has grown up in a seemingly challenging environment that turns out so many misguided youth from towns such as Aberdeen, WA. With his positive enthusiam for a worthwhile endeavor, along with determined ambition, perhaps someday he will help erase the poor image that grunge recording star Kurt Cobain put on that town. I'm rooting for you Andy! You are going to make it successfully somewhere, be it Steelhead Solution or another endeavor. -- I recently got my first order from The Steelhead Solution. A dozen jigs and a variety of 50 rags. The jigs are obviously of very good quality materials and workmanship. And they just look "fish on"! I'll go one further for his steelhead rags- they are the best looking I've seen. Period! They are the right size and balance of both symetrics and colors. Most I've seen marketed are either too big or sloppy or both. I know that there are other manufacturers of quality jigs and rags, but I don't think they match the value pricing.- Your biggest challenge in the near and distant future Andy is going to be keeping the individual quality of your products high when your volume of sales inevitalbly become higher. Don't ever compromise that quality and you will be successful. Your profit potential will depend on developing larger scale manufacturing capabilities while keeping costs reasonable. Maybe you can grab some of those young town slackers and take them out on the river and into fish. That may get them away from negative things as well as develope potential employees. And never hesitate to seek the advice of good business manufacturers and salesmen about your venture. Good luck Andy. - Steve Hanson (The Reel Truth) - P.S. (edit) Please see my addendum below.

[This message has been edited by Reel Truth (edited 05-02-2000).]