I believe that there are a certain amount of 'trollers' and/or 'flamers.' Whether Three Man and Centerpin are the above, that can be discussed.

This is a forum that has become a venue for the formation of the Wild Steelhead Coalition, a group that is and already has done something i.e. the conformation of Pete Van Gytenbeek. There is alot of whining that takes place on this forum but as Bob says "Look at the issues that Wa fisheres are faced with: the fight for C&R and Indian Netting." These are both issues that tend to be fought out amongst us all when we are faced with travesties such as the closure of our beloved C&R season.

Some of the whining and complaining maybe just that, but alot of it opens up dialogue that leads to the issues being confronted head on. Plus we also learn alot so that we are not just spewing armchair biology.

If you look at the majority of the threads they are fishing technique, where-to and various other basic topics but there are some that deal with the issues and those are very important, even if there is alot of complaining and whining that goes on.

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Ryan S. Petzold
aka
Sparkey and/or Special

[This message has been edited by RPetzold (edited 03-28-2001).]