Nice words angling4. I think you probably educated some people here better than anyone else could. I'd like to see no nets in the rivers because they reduce the number of fish anglers can catch and that get to the spanwing grounds. But nets are only a fishing tool that can be used appropriately or not. The tribes are an easy scapegoat for all the major reasons salmon and steelhead runs are going to hell in a bucket -- which is not to say they don't share the blame ...