I bet if we just were a bunch of fish killin' dudes, and wanted to comply with WDFW regs straight up, including allowing every participant to kill one, the permit would have coasted right thru...

Yer right, Salmo, this whole process has ferreted out just how ridiculous and circuitous some of the thought processes and policies are at the top...maybe after the next steelhead management plan is drafted there will be some sort of cohesive and overarching policies for the Department to follow, rather than do it piecemeal through oftentimes contradictory and disjointed mini- and personal- policies.

Fish on...

Todd