To Clave or Not to Clave?

rw wrote:

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.


An interesting idea. The best flights I can find are $350, if I'd
tried a couple weks ago it would surely have been better. The drive
should take about 125 gallons, @$2 (premium) that's $250. A couple
motel 6 stays and I'm up to the $350.

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

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.

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?

Chas
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