I read on another BB that the derby was discussed at the Feb. 1 meeting of the Steelhead Cutthroat Advisory Committee to WDFW. A large majority voted to recommend that Director Koenings deny the permit. Why he would do so when WDFW has determined there are harvestable wild steelhead on 10 OP rivers, including the ones central to the derby, would leave him in the realm of arbitrary and capricious decision making.