i live right here on the skagit, and i feel it is one of the most unthought about regulations in the book. i mean think about it, you can have a sled, but cant fish with power. the only reason i could ponder up is they dont want the fish to be harassed. And then i thought well that cant make sense because you can run a sled all you want just as long as you arent fishing. i could understand where they wouldnt want it on smaller streams, but the skagit come on. it would be great if they changed this law because it has needed to be changed for a while.