RT,

I hear every word you're saying. I've just about come to the conclusion that the whole salmon and steelhead commercial fishery taken up by the tribes is simply a way for them to show their political power. At prices ranging from .75-2.00 a pound on the wholesale side, it's hardly a windfall as far as an income-generator for the tribes. Iwonder what kind of stewards of the resource they'll be when the power to light up their casinos triples in price.

I'm just not happy with the whole scene on the Columbia tribs. that takes place when the springers come in. Guys talk about taking pictures of the piles of rotting chum carcasses on the Skok, but if somebody took pictures of what takes place in the Wind canyon, it wouldn't paint a pretty picture of us as sports fishers. It would do nothing for our "public image", to say the least. I hate to see the image thing be as important as it is, but that's politics. People get impeached for lying about a hummer in today's political arena.

Somebody would have to be damn motivated to take pictures in the Wind Canyon, though. That hillclimb about killed me.......