Grandpa,

Although many WSC members are fly fisherman, many of the same ones are gear fisherman and there are many others that dont even fly fish.

I gear fish and fly fish, (mostly gear fish).

In my opinion I believe comercial harvest is what is stopping WSR without exceptions. if WSR was put in place the next fight would be agianst comercial harvest. I believe comercial harvest would be the target by all steelhead fisherman once they stop fighting about WSR. I believe the WDFW knows this and dosent want to fight the tribes because its not politically correct and the sport fishers are easier to screw than to actually try and save wild steelhead.

I think they find it easier to keep the fight between the sport fishers than to take it to tne next level and fight for the fish.

I truely believe that once WSR goes through it will be only a matter of time before we as a whole force WDFW to stop the rape of our rivers.

The WDFW keeps calling foregone oportunity if we dont harvest fish, (thats what they want us to believe to scare us away from total WSR). I think it is time to make it WSR for a conservation measure. If it is done for conservation under the Boldt Decision by federal law the tribes have to participate. I dont see why this would be so hard to argue? Nearly all of our rivers are not meeting escapement. And the ones that are need to be conserved to maintian them and stop them from meeting the fate of the rest.

If we take away harvest of wild steelhead the State will be forced to change management. Maybe not overnight but if it goes to WSR and the runs continue to drop, (as they will), sport anglers may not unite over everything but Im sure they will unite agianst comercial harvest of wild steelhead.