I don't know where all the stereotypes come from, but I certainly don't fit them.

1. I haven't gear/baitfished for steelhead in 17 years.

2. I flyfish single barbless for steelhead.

3. I have never in my life killed a wild steelhead.

4. I think blanket WSR is a very bad idea.

I certainly fall into the seattlite yuppy flyfishing camp judging 1-3, but I think WSR is a bad idea for many reasons (obviously this is a rehash):

A. Its going back to the stoneage as far as flexible managment is concerned. The precedent set by WSR for other fisheries managment issues is appalling.

B. It was justified by weak science. The data support habitat/marine conditions being the limiting factor on wild steelhead production not harvest for most WA rivers.

C. Its a resource opportunity grap by elitist flyfishers (like me) from fish bonkers. It is wrong for one group to run another off the river.