Before anyone goes slamming Parker and the rest for thei opinions think about what they're saying. I agree with their opinions also. They made good points. I'm far from old, but have put alot of hours on the rivers in WA. Most of us had to do alot of leg work to learn the rivers. Then we had to do alot of trial and error with techniques and/or prove our worth to old timers to give us some "priviledged" info. Alot of us have given some techs and run times that we worked hard to get. I've personaly have helped a few with the leearning curve, al the way down to giving them lures I've built for certain rivers and when to use them. Will I do that for everyone? No. I fealt they earned it. I have no qualms about giving info on water conditions, but I will rarely ever give a report if the fishing is hot. I am a creature of habit. I fish a handful of rivers religiously and that's it. I don't run to the "hot" river to catch fish. I have worked fevershly on some of my favorite rivers to catch only a couple or no fish while a river I don't fish is chock full of fish. Why don't I jump on the bandwagon like everyone else? Well first off I wouldn't know the river or barely know it so I'd be clogging up a river that's probably already full. Then Ii'd be fighting other boaters/bankers for the honey hole. It's usually combat fishing and I hate that. I know when the run timings are for the rivers I fish so hit them when I knnow I have the chance to hook into a fish.

It's way too easy to get a moniker on here and get alot of info that is normally hard to get. One good report can ruin a river since it's a domino effect with info. Say a 1000 guys see a positive report on here. They each tell 3 of their buddiies. Then their buddies tell 3 of their buddies of this report. Youu only get a fraction of the total of people who know about the hotspot shoow up (not including the locals) and you haave a packed river. I totaly disgree with people giving false reports to get fisherman away from their "hot" river. I've seen it done. Just alot of you need to think before you speak. So what if someone goes out 8 times a month? Is tha supposed to be alot? My fishing time has went down alot since I've haad full custody of my kids (and since I was married period way back when). I had to downscale my fishing and I go at least 10 days a month. I used to put inn over 20 days a month when I was single. I'd fish before work, after work, and on weekends depending on what time of year it was and the runs coming. I even bring a rod with me to work most of the time and hit te honey holes on my route on my lunch break. Plus it's not how many days you put in, it's what you do with that time that matters.

Oh well, I won't beat the horse anymore. I'm sure those who are doing the bashing won't listen to what has been saiid anyways.