Why? Do you know how much more raw the river experience would be if you could not fish from boats? The ambiance and quality of steelheading stateside would increase 10 fold overnight if you could only fish from shore. People would be required to adhear to genuine first-water ethics, the 30 boat senario down a 5 mile drift would come to an end, and anadromous fish populations would benifit greatly.

I might add that it would raise the bar on angler ability, too. Slob fishing techniques like pulling plugs or side-drifting would be a thing of the past. [Just because I side-drift doesn't mean I think it's abolishment would not benifit the sport as a whole].