To do TODAY!

 Email this message to the folks listed below, fast because they are voting tomorrow at 8:00 am.

 “ We need to support Miranda Wecker and keep her on the fish and wildlife commission!  We need more people like her who care about improving our fisheries.”

Send it to

> Curt Gavigan, Senate Natural Resources Committee staff:

> gavigan.curt@leg.wa.gov

> Marty Brown, Legislative Director, Governor's Office:

> Marty.Brown@gov.wa.gov

Here is why

You love steelhead fishing you know are native fish need all the help they can get.  For the last few years it seems like the only state sponsored bulwark between our wild fish and complete annihilation has been the fish and wildlife commission.

The commission has become increasingly concerned with conservation and less enthusiastic about unregulated harvest.

So of course some special interests have gotten involved and seem to have enlisted the help of state senator Ken Jacobsen D, 46^th district Seattle.

 He recently tried to have the Fish and wild life commission abolished and now, failing that he is trying to get rid of some of the most conservation minded members, people like Miranda Wecker.

You can also send a message to Ken Jacobsen, maybe something like this

“Hey Ken, I think your recent actions concerning the fish and wildlife commission may be a bit misguided, the Commission is getting better for the people of Washington all the time, our fisheries need help, support the Fish and Wildlife Commission as it stands”

Send that one to;

jacobsen.ken@leg.wa.gov

And now,

                                                                    Tom Rudd with a Dandy

It is definitely the best early April I have seen in a couple years, we have been catching good numbers of fresh steelhead every day and although the average size has been dropping like it usually does this time of year there still are some true giants coming up.

We found a couple in the twenty pound class this week and one of Jeff Brazda’s clients managed to land a fish that was conservatively estimated at 28 pounds, yep…that’s big.

Now will see if this rain brings the end of winter fishing or another round of fresh steelhead.

Jim Kerr

Rain Coast Guides