Niece Mattison's 19-incher! June, ca 2018 I write these words alone again here in this mountain valley, missing kinfolk who come visiting these northern parts most recent. Brother Matthew and his young’un, Mattison, joined me this week past on a trail what led us to the banks of the Bitterroot River and also beyond, their presence here being a joy to my heart. We made camp along river’s edge at Otto’s Cabin, a rustic place that is to this day filled with the comfort and warmth of Otto Teller, the man who built it some years back. Otto's Cabin on the Bitterroot River. Tho now passed, he was a man possessing a profound passion for these natural surroundings and the wild things living here and, I hear tell, quite the genuine and decent fellow. Local folk Brett and Sherrie Adolphson kindly board travelers here in the Bitterroot and did as such for us as proprietors of bitterrootcabins.com . Theys good people and ready always to accommodate the weary wander...