I just got the "Concise Explanatory Statement" from the WDFW that summarizes the testimony about proposed reg changes statewide for next year - including the proposal to do away with the 5 wild fish limit on the Forks rivers.

Scrolling through the testimony for the Quillayute system I kept running across the same wording in several entries that were in support of killing more of the wild ones. Then I came across this entry:

"Steelhead Trout Club of Washington supports permitting an increased opportunity to harvest wild steelhead when wild stocks are healthy. We are in agreement with proposals for Quillayute system, including Goodman Creek, Hoh River, and Clearwater River, except the proposed catch and release fishery above the Snahapish - this section of the river should be a spawning sanctuary."

So who is this club and where are they based out of? Is it another Wildcat-type group?

If anyone else wants a copy of the doc let me know and I'll send you one. It's fairly large (553KB).

Bruce