And the silence now is the closure / collapse of another one of Washngton's steelhead streams ... no clinking of oarlocks, or singing reels, nor even the splash of a fish's tail soaking the angler as he sends his quarry back into the river.

But you're right Smalma, we give. The WDFW knows all and has done a perfect job with the fisheries in this state.

I'm only thankful that we have have the ultimate harvest-based fisheries manager here on the coast ... it's the very reason I'm back home right now ... it's called incessant rain!