Dang doc, hope you dont get a nose bleed way up there on that soap box! I just pointed out EXACTLY what you said.... Reread it... on that soap box you implied we all need fish handling lessons... from you I presume. The problem is so many big egos acting like they have been doing this for years.... Bet you have a few pix that would get you a ticket too.

The honest to god's truth is that I could care less. I stopped steelheading with any passion a few years back. To many people, not enough rocks to stand on. What I dont like is rules that are unenforceable, therefore a waste of the paper they're printed on. How will this work? a gamey hiding in the bushes, whips out his telephoto lens, zooms in to capture the 1/2 inch gap between the water and the fish, writes a ticket, develops the film just in time to admit it as evidence to an anxiously waiting judge..... and they all live happily ever after!

JG - as I see it, disagreeing with the rule doesn't make it whining. People are allowed opinions, even here.... even if it is opposite of those held by the board's golden boys.

Thanks, but I think I can figure out how to properly handle fish without reading it in print, or without a lesson from the doc.