All the regulations in the world are worthless unless there is someone there to enforce them.

Last year, even with the new "bait-in-motion" regs, there still wasn't anyone on the Kalama River (e.g., the RV Park) around Labor Day to curb the snagging. Unless there is a game warden handing out tickets, the snagging crowd will, once again, camp out at the RV Park and snag/release until they "catch" one in the mouth. Meanwhile those of us legal anglers will catch almost zero because the fish are harassed to death.

If these new regs don't change the situation on the Kalama, I may propose to the Commission that they impose a "flies only" section from I-5 all the way to Modrow Bridge. That would be unfortunate, but drastic situations call for drastic changes.

The Kalama River in early September is a prime example.