[Grampa Dave]

Hey Archie, this news should make your day. After reading this, make sure that Edith drives for about 24 hours.

Are the fires about out and the smoke gone. We going coastal very soon.

The big salmon are in the upper and middle Rogue. The next 2-3 weeks will the high marks re numbers of fish. Morrison's lodge rates really go up from now until the end of October.

[Archie Bunker on steroids]

Fished below Raney Falls Monday. The area is choked with large salmon. Unfortunately, they had lock jaw. Those with a beed & treble hook would get a fair hook one out of 7 hook ups. Four of us went in at 0700, came out at 6 PM without one fish. Two of the other guys had hammered them the week before, so the knowledge was there. Tremendous numbers surfacing. Most looked dark. Netted a forty pounder for a guy hooked in the jaw & legal.

Should've gone upstream & your honey hole, or Finley Bend.