Here was my comment over on GF.com - just wanted to post it here as only a masochist would go through the whole thread.

This thread illustrates every reason why it is very difficult to be optimistic about the future of our fisheries. We (sportsfishers) are so hell bent on being right and tearing down our brothers and sisters who do not agree with us that we present an incredibly splintered front. The Commercials and the Tribes will beat us like a drum forever if we keep this up.

One of the reasons that I supported (and still do) the Wild Steelhead moratorium is that one user group needed to occupy the high ground. My friends that are fishing this tournament have lost a great deal of credibility or can certainly be painted that way. This tournament will be a millstone around the neck of all who want to stop the killing of wild steelhead.

As for the bonkers who now are going crazy about this - your actions in this thread are juvenile. The point is made and I agree that the tournament is a bad idea. But, for you guys to paint yourselves as being concerned about wild steelhead is beyond laughable. Petty, personal sniping is the only thing you are bringing to the table. Except for providing ammo to the commercials and the tribes.

All in all, a very bad idea and our responses will set us back very far in our ability to protect the fish. We are blowing it big time....
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