TK I can understand your frustration over this lining controversy. But I've fished the Skok, Hoodsport, McCallister, Carbon, Kalama and the Nasty over the last two weeks and far and away the most popular set up is a corkie/yarn combo (hook size and placement has varied). The reason is because this is the most successful way to hook these fish legally. The part of the regs that Doubletake quoted is a bunch of crap! How do we know that a fish has voluntarily taken a lure or even bait without personally asking it? Hooking a fish from the outside of the mouth equals a lined fish is an inexact science. I've fished for Kenai and Russian River reds for over ten years, and many are hooked on the inside of the mouth and on occasion even in in the gills. Are these the "voluntary" takers that WA's regs stipulate as legal keepers. I don't think so, they are ALL legit as long as they are hooked from the gillplate forward.

I could really cause a stir by saying that "I think Kalamabama is a poacher because he uses a vibrax and wigglewart." I'd argue that those silvers didn't voluntarily take his lures. They couldn't help themselves due to their aggressive natures and territorial instincts. Kalabama exploited a feature similar to that of the liner who exploited a salmonid's propensity to flex its jaws. I could, but I won't...

The point I'm trying to make is that let's distinguish between the snaggers and the legit fishers whether the fish is lined or not. If the regs only allowed us to angle for returning adult salmonids that "voluntarily" take our lure and baits, then we'd be only river fishing for summer-run steelies.