Rich G:

I have been criticized for writing about such zipperlips as the Gold and some of the Northern Vancouver Island rivers. It's a tough cal. I try to ask myself if the river can handle the added pressure, but my answer may be different then your. I do NOT see the Gold as a zipperlip. It's in the top ten in the province in total angler days. But the locals who were once used to having long stretches to themselves are mighty angry at me. And I do understand their point.

We have a local writer who has seemed to make his career out of writing about zippers, including some of mine!!! I think he’s an idiot, but some guys would sell out their mother just to see their name in print.

Fishing and Hunting News is the worst about that. I am proud t say I have never written a word for the F&H News. Don’t plan to either.