Stalker,

It depends a lot on where you want to fish. Jet sleds are frowned upon on the O.P., and people threaten to slash your trailer tires if you're using a sled. Those rivers tend to be smaller for the most part, and jet sleds are better suited to large rivers.

Sleds are suited - and generally accepted - on the Skagit, Sky, Chehalis, Cowlitz, and N. Lewis. They are used, but with some conflict with drift boats, on the Satsop, Wynoochee, and Humptulips.

I like a sled sometimes because of the mobility to drive upstream as well as downstream. And I don't have to worry about spotting my tow vehicle at a downstream launch site. But I also prefer the quietude of silently drifting down a river, so I often use my raft or canoe.

Sincerely,

Salmo g.