Chas Wade wrote:
It looks like I could bust out tomorrow and drive the 1276 miles to
Navajo Dam.

Problems with that a

1) My son Andy's 26th birthday is the 10th and I'd miss it. He'll
probably want to take me steelheading that day, and we'd quite possibly
catch one.

I don't know Andy all that well, but my guess is that he'd tell you to
go to the Clave.

2) The steelheading is picking up around here.

Excellent! When can I visit? :-)

3) I'd be driving alone. (Anyone interested in a ride from the
Northwest?)

I'd meet you in San Francisco or Sacramento, but I've already bought my
plane ticket. How about flying to Albuquerque and meeting Bruiser and me
on Friday, around noon? It wouldn't cost much more than driving, if at
all. You'd be back in Seattle on Wednesday the 10th, possibly in time
for some steelhead fishing.

4) I haven't tied up any microscopic flies.

I'd don't think you'll have to worry about that. If Bruiser doesn't owe
you for those pike flies, he certainly owes you for that pike he caught
in Montana this summer. :-)

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