It depends, if the guide is handing off a rod that will lead to an increase take and bonk of hatchery salmon or steelhead "who cares!". I would have issues though if handing off the rod would mean an increase on take and bonk of wild fish.

Bobber Down

"Keep your hooks sharp!"
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Bobber Down

"It makes no sense to regulate salmon habitat on land while allowing thousands of yards of gill nets to be stretched across salmon habitat in the water"

John Carlson, Gubernatorial Contender, Sept. 2000 speech at the Ballard Locks