As slow as my typing is I posted another topic that mirrors this pretty close.See Cowlitz guides and bank fisherman,Animosity.
The assault I'm talking about involved a guy in his 70's being assaulted by a guide and some of his clients.
The guy was roughed up pretty bad.So don't tell me you should'nt be packing when fishing.If people will gang up on an old man and thourally thrash them,then nobody is safe.
What it boils down to is the lack of enforcement on the river.The law needs to do their job.
As many people that are on the river when the silvers are in,there are bound to be confrontations.From what I've seen most are started by the sleds that feel they own the river.
I too have heard guides say they are out here to make a living so they will do whatever it takes to put fish in the boat.Screw the bank maggots.
Well they are making a living off the publics resources,so they should have a little more respect for the public.
Also bank access is horrible on the Cowlitz.Especially when what little room we do legally have is blocked off by such people as those that own the Wallace rock pit.Thus it makes the crowding that much worse.
Our D.F.W. needs to secure more access for us,and alleviate some crowding.And we need to respect what we have.Pack out our friggin garbage.How can we blame private landowners closing down their property when they have to walk through human crap and pick up garbage everyday.