I Forecast that CCA will make some ground in the next few years but its going to be the demise of the salmon and steelhead as we knew it before things get better at the current level of active members of 5,000.In saying that, not if but when our beloved Wild fishery collapses in the next year to almost extinction due to one of the major problems over HARVESTING in the Ocean and then the rivers, the foundation will be laid by these awesome people donating there time today to bring together all groups and I guarantee you, everyone of us who still care and believe the 50,000 members will be achieved.

I keep reminding my self and many of you should as well that most salmon are on a four year cycle and Steelhead are a bit different but still they live in the OCEAN for several years. I see this as eight years of hard work and its going to take money. Anyone who thinks or needs to see results in fish return in the near future before they put there name on the wagon of CCA please think again and look at the long term goal and do it now! They are going to take a bite at a time and the more members the CCA achieve that bite gets a bit larger. Its all about Votes on the ballot when CCA brings them to congress and it takes dollars to get it that far.

That’s Politics and now with CCA the majority of us who do not participate can, by becoming a number hopefully 50,000 when things come to vote we will win a few of them. At this point we have not won anything and what we have gained is short term only. Its not that hard even if you do not want to participate and many of us don't so just throw what you can at CCA even if its only $25 you get 6 Tide Mag’s in the year as well as a $18.00 tax write off receipt you cant go wrong and become a member.We need some fish to return to the rivers before we can try and push for our share for the remaining fish that may return.


To continue to produce salmon and steelhead blanks for the Pacific North West we need the fish to return. We stock around a million dollars of inventory for that market and without the fish we as many rod companies will push our market more towards the Sea Trout, Redfish and Striper market that the CCA aka CCA Members had a major role in protecting. Our company supports around three hundred thousand rod builders and also Three hundred thousand Rod buyers world wide and our home waters are only a small fraction of our business but our company feels that it is the most important to protect because we need to recreate just like all of you and Salmon and Steelhead are an amazing creation of Nature and that why we live here like all of you.

The East Coast fishery is on its way back and the country will benefit from the revenues that we support it with via Jobs and tackle sales among one of many. I just cant live with doing nothing at all and watch our customers and family on the west coast close there doors and move away because lack of fish.

I personally want to thank all of the current organizations and I know who you are and we appreciate everything you are doing and have done and we look forward to your continued work on our home waters but I encourage you to help the CCA as well. Please JOIN before there are no fish left to protect and we are four years behind.

Batson Enterprises aka Rainshadow is signing up all thirteen of our employees in the next few days. Thank you http://www.joincca.com
Sincerely, Karry Batson