Hey Salmo G.,

It's always a pleasure to read your posts. You seem to be very connected to what's going on. One thing I wanted to mention about the hand wringing over this latest AIP is the claim from at least the Cowlitz Guide's Association that the agreement contains a lot of provisions that they say WDFW never mentioned in previous meetings and hearings as part of the plan for the Cowlitz future.

The guides I've talked to say the process was going along nicely till, in their opinion, this agreement came out of the blue. Maybe they got shafted by some of the more militant "wild" fish advocates. I have no idea. They just felt like they put a lot of work into the process only to feel like it was falling on deaf ears the entire time.

Like I said before, I kinda stumbled into this whole mess on accident. I'm no guide and I don't even fish the Cowlitz on a regular basis. Just adding my .02.

Bruce