GOTY
Steelhead
There was a clown on Instagram this fall who was constantly posting pics gripping and grinning holding fish out of the water (mainly around C post). Drove me nuts. He was also the first person I saw complaining about the closure.Buzzy_
Our fly community is not without its ethical problems.
This past fall on the Stillaguamish the fishery for the mainstem coho and cutthroat fishery (stared September 1) as well as the North Fork game fish season (starting 9/16) was limited by Stillaguamish Chinook impact of 2 fish (20 encounters). Both sections (fishery) closed October first because they collectively reach the encounter limit. That decision was based on an on the river creel census which in addition to the standard information collected documented the Chinook encounters. It turns out that all those encounters were by fly anglers catching Chinook on the upper North Fork which in our lifetimes has not ever been open to salmon fishing. The "legitimate" anglers (whether targeting cutthroat or main stem coho lost significant fishing opportunity by what I consider unethical behavior by a relatively small handful of "fly anglers". They also may have put future fisheries at risk!
Curt