Interesting read for sure...last few pages have been most entertaining. Sharphooks, my hat is off to you man. That is THE best post ever. Pretty much sums up how I feel about the whole issue, and have for many years. My personal bottom line is we need to leave the tackle box out of the whole approach to regulations - instead lets focus on keeping rivers open to anglers, regulations simple and easy to follow, and encourage all anglers to participate in the fishery. We can all agree that snaggers and poachers (whether they use flies or trebble hooks) are bad dudes, and we can deal with those guys through enforcement and education. To use them as an "excuse" to change regulations to remove a segment of the angling community is simply wrong. We are all missing the point...if we don't find ways to encourage more new anglers to take an interest and develop a passion for these fish and our sport, then there will be NO ONE left to speak for the river and our fish. Our angling heritage is worth protecting. So too is the notion of all anglers working in solidarity for our fish.