Well I ceratainly don't want to provoke anything, but I have to ask grandpa, Do you plan on harrasing any of the attendees as they try to go in to support an organization whose principles they believe in? Will you follow any of them home? Do you plan on doing anything to their cars?

Will you harass our keynote speaker, Dr Bern Shanks, former Director of WDFW who was railroaded out of his job by commercial fishing interests because he dared to consider changes to harvest and hatchery practices?


This is America. I support your right to your opinion and your right to make it known. I hope in your campaign you will strive to be honest, and to actually learn the facts before you address them. I hope you will attempt to make sure that you aren't misrepresenting WT or attacking good people for things they are not doing. I hope things won't get too extreme.

It is apparently convenient for you to decide that I am a liar. Given that, I would at least hope that you will attempt to find out what Washington Trout does, on all sorts of fronts, before you decide that my alleged deception just confirms the suspicions you have developed. You have expressed things on this board about WT that are baseless and untrue. But please, don't take that on my word, which is apparently useless to you. Please research the facts yourself; then base your accusations on those.

I hope that you will allow the principled people who believe in and support WT's mission and positions to enjoy their evening. Most of them are sportfishers just like you, who happen to have a different opinion than you do how wild-fish resources should be managed. I hope that while you do what you believe in, you won't infringe on their right to do exactly the same.

Ramon Vanden Brulle
Washington Trout