For those of you so ecstatic about the new two year moratorium on wild steelhead retention take notice of DJFISHS2EXS post on 'nate caught on trout gear.':
DJs friend Rob fights his nate for 25 minutes and 1/4 mile. After Rob lands his fish in the mud, DJ (I assume) takes a pic while standing over this nate whose pectoral fin is full of mud and eyeball is rolled into his mouth. Wanting more pics, DJ then gets in position away from the fish and aims his camera again (second pic). DJ notes that the nice nate was then 'released ever so gently'. How do you think this nate fared upon his gentle release?
Note also that fishermanjosh makes comment only that this was a 'beautiful fish'.

I spend considerable time on the OP rivers in the winter and I see this CNR/WSR mentality all of the time. How do people, so ardent about wild steelhead protection, continue to simultaneously CNR/WSR similar to DJ/Rob (and obviously fishermanjosh) and criticize those who choose to take a few fish home each year.

Any damage done by the 'average' (the average license purchaser gets out a few times per year and has hardly any punches on his card) fishermans retention of a couple of native fish per year pales in comparison to the above mentioned CNR/WSR practices of a person who fishes 4 or 5 days per week with two dudes in the bow.

The present arguing on this board about WSR is a good one but the hypocrisy is running 'wild'.

There is not one person on this board that is not concerned about the future of wild steelhead.