Herschel,

Like most sledders on this river you are missing the point completely. This issue has nothing to do with snob drift boaters wanting a river all to themselves. At some point, you have to ask yourself, "when is a river too crowded?" A river can only take so much pressure before an enjoyable float is near impossible. This happens weekly on the wynoochee. IT IS TOO SMALL A RIVER FOR THE SLED TRAFFIC IT RECIEVES.

I have quite a few friends who have sleds (some of which I occassionally fish out of) that won't even consider running the nooch because of the pressure already there, safety issues, and last but certainly not least, common courtesy. They rcognize it for the small river that it is and can quite clearly see that bringing sleds into the picture only makes matters worse. Why can't you? This is common sense.

You apparently have the attitude of "I need to get a fish at all costs-to hell with everyone else!" Pretty sad. Hopefully, someday, you will come to understand how your actions effect everyone else and will think before choose the wynoochee to launch your boat.