I loved to float the sno and typically made it down a couple times a year. Fun river to take newbies on and get them into a fish.

The tualips had a Steelhead netting opener in all of the Area 8.1 sub areas this year, wonder if that had anything to do with the low return? we may never know.

With regards to the article, I can understand both points of view. IMO, the best course of action is to remove the hatchery fish and let the river be. Let nature fix itself, because it doesn't need Mans help by attempting to augment the population in any way. The fish will re-populate the river with a little time.