Is it whining if you say you 'hate crowds'?

Only if you are standing there fishing in a crowded spot when you say it. If you are by yourself in an upper OP watershed, the only fisherman for miles, and you say you hate crowds, you speak the truth because your actions support your words.

Are there some rivers that should remain sled free? I dunno....come on over and run your sled up and down the Hoh a few times just to see what happens, see how the locals feel about it. My guess is that there will be some resistance to the idea that just because you can afford a boat you can run it anywhere it will go...

...when you come back and find your trailer chainsawed into a thousand bits I don't want to hear any whining, mmmmk?