Grandpa:

Very reasonable sounding ideas. In fact I agree with a good deal of what you said. But . . . You knew there would be a but, didn't you?

By having some rivers or some months on some rivers as 100% C&R you can include all fishers, even those who prefer the 100% C&R scenario. Look at the Yakima dn see how extremely popular fisheries can be. But . . . I sure don't want all or even a majority of our rivers to be C&R. I understand that many, perhaps most, sports anglers, want at least some opportunities to bring home fish. Like you, I catch many and kill few, but every year I take one special day and kill two wild trout . I relish that day and would feel deprived if I had no chance to do that. But . . . We can do like southern B.C., which is very urban, and have some rivers VERY heavily hatchery supplemented, where we can all catch and kill some fish , and the remainder where we can reasonable expect to catch a wild trout or steelhead, but where we must severe limit or eliminate retention.

To assure that many of us can enjoy a quality experience there will need to be closed waters, such a spawning tributaries, restricted waters and severely restricted waters., in addition to heavily planted hatchery waters.