Gee, this is a new topic that's never been debated before........... :rolleyes:

Flossing is snagging and snagging is illegal. That by itself is bad enough. However, the byproducts of this practice make it far worse. The trash, the fights, the meat fishery attitude, and the secondary effects on the fish all combine to really give sport angling a bad name.

I'm not sure there is a good solution. WDFW has implemented several new regs including bait-in-motion and prohibition on drift bobbers tied below the hook. But all the regs in the world won't help if the enforcement is lacking.

The RV Park Hole on the Kalama River around Labor Day is a perfect example. There are lots of snaggers and flossers that take huge numbers of fish while also ruining the fishing for everyone upstream. I'm convinced the only thing that will stop that behavior is a flies-only section on the Kalama from I-5 to Modrow Bridge during Sept-Oct. If the situation does not improve this year, I will personally propose that to the Commission.