Fishhead,

I did not say that Switzerland was perfect, only that we could learn from how another country manages public access to river and lake shores.

I think that the littering problem is overblown. It's starting to sound like a convenient excuse for landowners who simply don't want to see anybody crossing their property or spoiling 'their' precious view.

Are anglers really are the littering vandals that property owners on this board claim? I would like to think not - certainly, neither me nor my friends fall into this category. Take the Yakima River as an example. Its shores are very accessible to the public, yet they remain generally clean and unlittered.

If fishermen are really as disrespectful and polluting as some have claimed here, then they should be ashamed to be associated with such a group of pigs. Instead, they are active participants on this board... so which is it?

Gerard W.
Seattle, WA