I strongly agree with the efforts to reduce this type of fishing.

However, in my view, outright snagging is more of a problem. That is the type of "fishing" that involves black corkies, 8/0 hooks, heavy pencil lead weight, and a hook-set that could ram a marshmallow thru an oak door. In fact, I can hear a snagger's hookset a 100 yards away. We've all seen it. We've all reacted in disgust, not only at the practice but also because it ruins the fishing for the rest of us.

If anyone wants to see it in action, on lage scale, just visit the North Fork Lewis Rv by the hatchery, or the Kalama River by the R/V Park. Or, insert your local hatchery terminal area. It happens in alot of places.

Flossing is a problem, but it's fairly modest compared to the blatantly illegal snagging that occurs every fall in SW Washington.

Sorry for the rant. I know: It's not a new issue......