Nothing new...money talks and bullshi*t walks. Problem here is that if a client won't book because he can't bonk a native, the guide knows he'll just call up another guide service until he finds one that will (which isn't hard). I would venture that there are maybe half a dozen guides in the Forks area that would flat refuse to allow a client to kill a fish and three of them are solely fly guides (who probably rarely, if ever get asked to kill a native).

I feel that the state of Washington should have much more stringent rules on granting guide licenses, including mandatory education and limiting the number of permits for each river. That's the way BC does it, and there are way fewer fly-by-night operations up there. Out on the OP, it seems like every year I see more and more guides coming over because it's the off-season in their home location and they are trying to make a buck exploiting the latest flavor of the week. I'm not against guides at all, but I think Washington is a bit archaic in how they handle the situation (surprise, surprise).

I don't know how many here follow Doug Rose, but he put up a great blog post pertaining to the Peninsula a week ago: http://dougroseflyfishing.com/blog/?p=672