Salmo, I tend to just lurk when some of these more heated threads pop up because I don't have the information necessary to form an educated opinion. For me to blame the lack of returns which are happening on the Skagit system on one thing or another would only prove just how ignorant I am. I appreciate the information many of you are able to pass on to this board that balances out our knee jerk reactions and finger pointing which in many cases is misguided.

The bottom line to many of us is that the situation we face in this state doesn't seem to be very optimistic. Take the chum return and the thread about commercials just hammering them in the salt while there didn't seem to be any fish returning to the rivers. Whether it was factual or not, stuff like that just seems to build in many of us and comes out as pure frustration.

The amount of money I spend on my recreational fishing in this state is substantial. Issues like this make me seriously consider getting back to my fishing basics. Selling my boats and most of my gear. Going back to a time when life was much more simple. A couple different wt fly rods and a few boxes of flies. When that time comes our state will see a serious decrease in the amount of money I spend in my recreational sportfishing pursuit and I am just one person who feels this way.