Wow, good topic...convinced me to finally register so that I could toss in my .02. So first off I would like to say thanks for having me aboard...I go by drewski on the other board, but since that name was already taken plain drew will have to do. to the point...


I can see your concerns, but I must tell you that your worries are a little pre determined. I have done one of these classes( 150 bucks, six anglers per class). Secondly, the most stressed topic of the day was conservation of our natural resources. If any steelhead was caught that wasn't a brat it was released carefully to fulfill its cycle further up river.

The point that these classes flood rivers with access anglers isnt exactly accurate because we proceeded very slowly down river and stayed out of everyones way.

As for taking all the fish out of the river...I got 0