Grandpa,

Unfortunatley for me, as a representative of WT I have no choice but to respond when people purposely misrepresent WT and its mission. Believe that I am sincere when I say I would prefer not to engage you directly, as I have come to have no respect for your arguments or tactics.

Unless someone at WDFW is acting with a complete lack of ethics (which I do not believe), then it is impossible for you to have any idea what is going on iside the rooms where WT and WDFW are attempting to negotiate a settelement to our case. That gives you no basis for characterizing those negotiations. Further, your wild guess about what is going on is absolutely wrong. I, along with anyone else in those rooms, am bound by ethics (do you know what those are?) not to disclose exactly what negotiations are taking place, but I can say that when it is over, you will be shown to be wrong, if not a liar. If the negotiations are successful in reaching a settlement, you and everyone else will see that WT negotiated for the best interest of the fish, and you will all be able to judge how extreme WT's final position turned out to be.

I simply painted the same word picture you did. So I guess we are even. And we will see how your peaceful demonstration goes. Everybody on this board has continually demonstrated their commitment to reason, honesty, and good manners, so I'm sure that my concerns were completely unfounded.

Please allow me to thank everyone for considering the substance of my last post. I did not question your right to do what you think you must, I tried to appeal to your sense of fair play and honesty. Thak you again for taking it to heart.

Ramon Vanden Brulle
Washington Trout