I took off my rose colored glasses years ago. Too much fisheries politics, too many warring user groups, too many complex factors causing the collapse. It's all broken and it will never be fixed. The fish are never coming back.

Call that giving up or being a chicken little - I don't care. The truth hurts and each of us, as individuals, are in different stages of the truth grieving process.

As such, I've rerouted most of my hobby time, money and efforts into other areas.

Will the last fish left in WA, please turn off the river?