Little Zo - Let me ask a question. How much money would it take for you to quit fishing entirely. That's right - how much to dump all your tackle, tear up your license, sell your waders and your drift boat, and completely foresake all fishing? Forever.

Not sure about you but I wouldn't trade all the money in the world for some peace and quiet on a river at 5:00am with my Lamiglass G1324 and my chest highs pitching a #4 PenTac silver-plated spinner, hoping for a fresh summer run. To me the experience is priceless. It wouldn't surprise me if your answer is the same.

But so too with the Tribal folks. But even more so. They are practicing something their ancestor's did for centuries. The salmon that sustain them today is the same salmon that sustained the generations that came before them. To them, it is religon, it is culture, it is commerce, and it is their heritage. We fish because we enjoy the experience. They fish for the same reasons we do but also because it is who they are as a people. They also fish because of what the salmon represent - their home, the Pacific Northwest.

Without getting too preachy, I will just say that you seem to be pretty strong in your views, which is okay, but it wouldn't hurt to see the world as they do. You might not change your opinions but at least you would have a better understanding of why the tribal folks see the world as they do.