Salmonella - you hit the nail on the head, and put into words part of what I was (unsuccessfully) trying to say...that is, there is a LOT of hypocracy out there. You mention Gibbs Minnows ("jigging"). Don't know if it has hit the NW rivers yet, but when it does, this board will blow up with anger. Then there is the wet flies, another good example. Even glo bugs for Steelies could be questionable from an ethical perspective, and how many guys on this board do you want to bet drift glo bugs behind Salmon redds looking for Steelies...knowing they are flossing some of those fish, and snagging Salmon in the ass at the same time and pulling them off their nests.

Bottom line, and all I am trying to get across here, is that we could pick apart almost any method out there and bring ethics into question, but what is the point? As long as I am obeying the law (in my home state - looks like I'll have to leave my beads at home if I go to WA - but not AK ) - then give this debate a rest. The important thing is that anglers need to stick together as a group and fight what is really the evil that is destroying our fisheries...water loss, habitat loss, logging, scumbags littering up the river bank, poachers keeping snagged fish, etc. Don't guys like Todd et. al. want me in their corner in the fight against these issues?

And..yes...you have probably seen me on the Feather. Hard to beat that river in the Fall...