Geoduck,
Either you and I are spies for "the other side", or Cahill's comment, which is echoed by many, many anti-WSR folks (not all, especially you), including the Mayor of Forks, is a load of BS.
Cahill says: "The issue has been fermenting for years, I would call it a culture war between the catch and release fly fishermen, and people who want to take home a fish.
I don't even flyfish for steelhead...and only about 20% or so for salmon.
I guess you and I, Geoduck, should just bow out of the discussions, clearly the only people who should be involved are the "urban elitists" and the "logger rednecks", as not only are they the only ones that have a stake in the argument, they're the only ones who ought to be in it at all.
Plunk,
I know that you're too smart, or maybe too savvy, to actually believe some of the stuff you say. I hope that your last comment is one of those. There are other folks who say BS like that and believe it, but I think you just like to stir the pot...especially after a discussion has been started.
I've posted three times as much as you on these topics lately, and I'm sure, without even looking too hard, that I could find at least two or three times more inflammatory things that you've said with no factual basis, and name calling, than I have.
That's because runs on rivers such as the Hoh, Bogey, Calawah and others are at all-time highs, according to Bob Leland, steelhead program manager for WDFW
And completely incorrect statements like this coming from the "steelhead program manager", of all people, doesn't make any of you wonder "what the hell is going on down there in Olympia", even a little?
I guess the controversial nature of WSR is pretty intrusive...it's managed to dominate almost every other topic lately.
Fish on...
Todd