Thanks for the opinion of the WDFW officers. Everything is backward from what I thought.
Now my head hurts. Andy S. > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Speaker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 8:24 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; WA Fly Fishers (E-mail) > Subject: RE: Another Regulation Question > > A couple WDFW officers stopped by Rocky Ford Creek early this year while I > happened to be there. They gave tickets to a number of anglers for having > barbs on their hooks, not having licenses, using lead on their leaders, > etc. When my buddies and I asked them about the flyfishing only regs > (since the wording is not very explicit on the use of multiple flies) they > pointed out that the verbage reads "...only the following tackle: A FLY > with a single barbless hook..." meaning only one fly (a fly) can be used > in flyfishing only waters. They did not, however, give tickets to people > using droppers - which would have been a great number of the anglers at > the Ford, myself included, since they said that the restriction to a > single fly was so obscure in the regulations. I was certainly surprised > to learn about it and it was my first issue with lack of clarity int the > sport fishing rules. > > Sink tip lines are not in violation since the verbage is "...weight > ATTACHED to the leader or line..." whereas sinktip and other sinking lines > CONTAIN the weight. I expect that Rio interchangeable tip systems are > also fine (but I am not an attorney, so don't quote me on that ;-) > > The Selective Gear Rules definition reads "Only unscented artificial flies > or lures with one barbless single hook are allowed..." - note FLIES and > LURES - so multiple flies and lures are allowed as long as each only has > one barbless single hook... so droppers are fine, as is adding weight to > leader or line. > > The WDFW rules could certainly use some work - agreed. > > Hope that helps! > -tight lines- > -Jim Speaker > > -----Original Message----- > From: Andrew Stouppe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, October 15, 2001 8:08 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Another Regulation Question > > I have a question for those who know the fishing regs. > > In an area designated "Fly Fishing Only", can an angler: > > use 2 flies such as a dry with a nymph dropper? Some fly shops tell > me yes and some tell me no. I can not determine which is correct from > reading the pamphlet. > > use a sinktip fly line? Does the sink tip count as "weight on the > fly line"? If a sinktip fly line is legal, does it make any difference if > I use a standard one-piece sink tip vs. a Rio fly line with > interchangeable tips? > > In an area designated "Selective Gear Rules", can an angler: > > use 2 flies such as a dry with a nymph dropper? This one seems a > clear NO than the Fly Fishing Only regs but I threw it in anyway. > > I vote for a total rewrite of the regs to make them clearer. > > Andy S.
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