Josh,
I have often thought about everyone refusing to buy a Fishing License in order to get some much needed change, but to not buy gear (tackle) would only put our friends in the tackle industry out of a job or out of business and they share no fault in this.
However if we quit buying licenses the first thing the WDFW would do is shut down hatcheries and lay off enforcement officers and that wouldn't be good either.
Keep coming up with ideas though you might hit upon a reasonable solution.lester