Sparkey,

Blood sport? Are you lobbying for a PETA membership or what? Whether you're whacking 5 fish or 50 in a season, somebody is going to label you a "blood-sport" participant. You'd better figure out whose side you're on before your sport disappears altogether.

I guess I don't really care one way or the other. I rarely keep more than about a dozen or so steelhead and salmon a year, so it really wouldn't affect me too much.

I'm also convinced that if NO fish were ever retained, 10% of the anglers would still catch 90% of the fish.