One thing about this board you can count on is disagreement which is healthy. Another thing you can count is plenty of holier-than-thou opinions that are offered as if they were fact and as if anyone disagreeing must be plain stupid. Well I'm not stupid and I think the Quinault guides have every bit as much right to guide as the rest of you white guides. Just because you don't have a "tribe" and just because your relatives don't gill net doesn't make you better than they are on any level. The Quinault is a healthy river that is managed well for a sustainable fishery for both the netters and the guides. AND sports fishermen like me who enjoy the serenity of the river and the quality of the fishing. The nets make me mad and I wish they weren't there but they have a right to be there at that is the reality. The guides I have fished with on the Quinault have worked their butts off to show me some quality fishing and they obviously do care about the river and the fishery...Many people in the fisheries business have figured out that working together has more promise that working against each other with rhetoric and emotive ranting and raving. If you don't like the laws CHANGE THEM....