Ralph,
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You sure do have a lot of time on your hands.You have nothing better to do than BASH (note the caps)one of the few,if not only guides on the coast that actually,strictly practices catch and release on wild steelhead.You come on to his website and talk smack about one of the best guides in Washington.Who are you?Some self righteous hypocrite who says you only fish when your least affecting the resource,limited to only a few days a year.Then come back and say you fish 300 days a year.Fill us in Ralph because you sure seem to have found a lot of days when you are not affecting anything.You are the best self proclaimed biologist in the world(your world)aren't you?You are barking up the wrong tree here.These are dedicated fisherman who use this forum,people who are very concerned about the future of wild steelhead,people who would do nothing to harm wild steelhead,and that's a hell of a lot better than the average bonk em on the head fishkiller.95% better (I gave you your 5% hooking mortality rate)DO THE MATH(again note the caps)Your preaching to the choir here.You should take your soapbox to the Pay n Save in Forks on a Saturday morning and we'll see how long you are standing.Bob is not part of the problem,if all the nate killin guides in Forks were like Bob there would be no problem,except for your spiritual keepers of the Earth and their fancy monofilament gilldeaths.If you love Russian fish and their superior genetics so much you should head over there and check out some of the flaura and the fauna and maybe we'll get lucky and some bear will chew you up like a salmon.Good luck fishing Ralph.I hope this message was lucid enough for you to understand.JACKASS.
Kent Alger