Chas Wade wrote:

That leaves us 270 miles from the Juan. Would you have room in the
rental car?

Bruiser lives in Albuquerque, and he has a very comfortable Toyota
Tundra (although it lacks low-end torque :-) ) with an extended cab.
I'll sit in the back if you come.

I'm also contemplating a stop on the way home at the Rio Grande for
pike. That wouldn't fit with the fly/drive combo.

No plan is perfect.

As for coming to fish for steelhead, it's a bit early yet, some fish
are in, but it's not hot yet. I suspect we'd do better to meet at the
Clearwater or Snake. Steelheading is good sometimes here, but it's
never like the salmon fishing, and it nore often slow. When's a good
time for the Clearwater of some other fishery in that neighborhood?

I've never fished there, but my understanding is that it goes through
January and into February. If you're up for an adventure I'll meet you
there this winter. I have a hunch that it might be possible to talk
Warren into bringing the Gink Drift Boat for a weekend. :-)

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