Confession: I almost never read the fishing regulations any more. I guess I've just sorta' given up. I just go fishing places that I've fished over the past 50 years or so and assume they are open when they used to be open. I know there's some risk because so many waters are closed during times they used to be open. But I fly fish with a single barbless fly and release any trout or steelhead I catch. I do keep some hatchery salmon and summer steelhead from waters that I am sure are open to retention. And I only drag a herring from my boat when there are lots of other boats doing the same, so I'm pretty sure it must be open when I do that.