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I appreciate the detailed response This is the thing that I find the most puzzling. Even if we are seeing some positive numbers in certain areas, would it not makes sense to keep the regs in place for a few years to see what happens? It reminds me of the what they did with Colombia sockeye...

Thomas You are better informed and involved than the majority of us. And, I apologize for throwing mud around. Do you know what the rational was for chosing the Hoh for exclusive boat restrictions over other rivers last year?

While I do think this was part of it, it seemed to me like the Hoh was given to the spey crowed and Quil to the boats. It makes much more senses the other way around to me. At least for the Calawah and sol duc. They have more water that is harder to get out of the boat in, and do not change...

I do not agree that fishing from boat restrictions are hollow conservation measures. At least not on smaller rivers. The rivers flowing into Willapa bay, the Wynoochee, and the Calawah are are easily fished from the bank, and have few places where you cannot cast across the river. They also have...

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Steelhead Francis

I've always been drawn to shrimp/prawn flies. Might have come from convincing my self I was fishing an actual imitation when I switched over to almost exclusively fly fishing for steelhead. Was probably 3/4 years before I would fish something that wasn't an egg or shrimp pattern. GP, Howell's...

First thing that came on when I sat down to tie tonight

Smallish zonkers and shrimpy grubs

Came on while tying this evening.