I wholeheartedly concur with what you've described and would like to further
the point. There are many, many outlying areas in our state, and in the
West for that matter, that view flyfishermen as a special interest group
driven to take away their fishing rights, or at least to alter their methods
to where they have no interest in fishing. Darrington and that area, the
Olympic Penninsula, even our close by Snoqualmie has much resentment of fly
fishermen do to the special regs enacted.(those are just several areas that
come to mind) Most of the anglers, in plain view of many, in downtown Fall
City fish illegally. I just saw a guy still fishing off the boat ramp above
the Raging and decided not to drive around and tell him. I always am ready
for a confrontation. To say that I am telling you for your own good so that
you don't get a big fine does not always go across very well. There are
always those that want to tell you how good fishing used to be before you
(me) came along. Just the term, "local" often describes a guy who sees the
resource as his and you are a claim jumper. We've had vehicles trashed at
the Fall City ramp site and the one down below town by Carleson Farms, at
the end of the Neil Rd in the last year. Jere
----- Original Message -----
From: Keith Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2000 5:15 PM
Subject: RE: Weird fishing incidents
> Okay, I guess it's my turn to chime in. While floating the Kettle River
> last week (don't get any ideas - it's still a bit high) as we came into
> Curlew we came upon a couple of local youngsters who were ecstatic about
> catching a good sized rainbow. Knowing the locales well we asked what
they
> were using and they said, "worms." We explained that they couldn't fish
> with worms in the Kettle River and they replied sheepishly that they aware
> of that fact. When I asked why they were fishing with worms in violation
of
> the rules one boy said, "because we ran out of power bait." My partner
and
> I laughed. Unfortunately, out here in the back woods there is very little
> enforcement of any fishing regulations. We normally see several people on
> the river and rarely are they fishing legally. In our area, if you intend
> to confront people in situations like this you had better be well armed.
>
> Keith Bell
> Republic
>
>
