The fact is that if we don't have steelhead fishing, then we don't have steelhead fishermen...and if we don't have steelhead fishermen then we will have lost almost all of anyone who cares about steelhead and steelhead streams.

We'll close the rivers, not do anything about the factors that actually really contribute to declining steelhead numbers on those closed rivers, and move on to the next system...first the steelheaders will go there, then the "let's close the rivers" crowd will be hot on their heels, and we'll do it again and again until all we have left is closed rivers with remnants of wild fish in them and no one who cares about the fish to advocate for doing something to bring the fish back.

Not a path I would choose.

Fish on...

Todd
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