Sinktip/Ramon
You both are always welcome to any discussion that I'm involved in. What would be the fun if we all agreed?

Regarding the angler preference survey - as I recall the agency hired a private firm that specialized in that type of work to conduct the survey. The "experts" assure me that the results were statistically sound. The question of course is whether the questions asked were understood by the respondents. One question indicated that in a given situation the majority of the anlgers preferred that management be either CnR or wild steelhead release while another indicate that even a larger majority preferred a daily limit on wild steelhead of 1 or more.

Clearly the two results are not compatible - do I dare say there appears to be some confusion!

Tight lines
Smalma