Come on Rob!!! You stated that you don't even fish for chinook, then you make a broad brushed statement that you want a MAJOR HATCHERY springer river closed to fishing because of some hatchery flunkie told you a contrived percentage????? Let's see the facts!!! Talk about anthropomorphism, "poor hen" give me a break, she's gonna get bonked in the head! If you haven't fish the wind, it's a small, FAST running river, where kings will spool you if you're not carefull. Yes, there's snaggers, but if WDFW would gett off the arses and write tickets that problem would get solved. How about the "poor wild steelhead" that gets harassed for 30-40 minuted by some dork with a 7wt rod, just to be let go and die of lactic acid build up????? I say, close all rivers that don't have a hatchery run, and all rivers after the hatchery run has arrived (arbitrary each year) so no "poor wild fish" are harmed!!!
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