No I get it. I chuck and duck on occasion for steelhead. I wouldn’t make fun of something I don’t do.

This commission is set up to fail. I have to tell ya, a lot of theses folks have the “I just want to be in nature, around the trees and if I get lucky maybe have a tug on my fly rod” kind of people. I love the trees, the river and the scenery for sure…but I think most fisherman consider it a bad day when they don’t hook a fish or two.

If it doesn’t matter if you catch anything…go on a hike or something and bring a camera.

It’s the cheesiest saying but “the tug is the drug” after all.

As far as BC goes (what many consider ideal habitat). I know that ocean conditions have SUCKED. I don’t think anyone is saying that’s not the biggest factor; but we have to stop letting hatchery fish be vilified. If anything…plant 3x times more and I’ll pay more. Most of us would. Cutting back makes no sense…

You put 1000 white balls in a tub, and 10 black ones…the odds of someone grabbing a black one goes down considerably. It’s not that hard to understand, but apparently everyone from the field to the head offices at WDFW can’t understand common sense. Right now we have 100 white balls and 10 black ones…pretty easy to figure out encounter rates might go up huh?