Carcassman & Smalma,

As a steelheader and an angler who prefers to wade and cast, I favor as much public access as possible. I was just responding to comments about WDFW's apparent focus, dwindling public access, and the enormous costs associated with access and maintaining productive river fisheries in WA.

I've read here on Piscatorial Pursuits that fly fishermen catch nothing, so as a fly guy I'm well aware of the insane amount of time anglers will put in to catch a steelhead.

I don't fish the Wynoochee much, but when I do, I fish the upper river, so access across GD lands is paramount to my recreation there.

Sg