4Salt,

The difference between them netting and them guiding is that their going to catch a lot less fish if they have to use hook and line, than if they use a net.

A dead steelhead is a dead steelhead, but there would be a lot less if they all guided as oppossed to netted.

And since the money they get from the fish isn't relying on the fish being dead, who knows some of them may even develop a C&R mentality.

The way I see it the indians are going to fish no matter what, and if they guide they will have less of an impact and be more likely go to C&R than if they net.

PS: I'm a C&R advocate. So I'll take it you weren't jumping to conclusions and refering to me with your "meat-hungry sportsman" comment.