You completely miss the point of my comment Chris. I was only trying to explain why the regulations were drafted in the first place with a bit of history surrounding the struggle involved. The fly-fishing-only regs in WA existed long before anyone in this country had even a hint of knowledge about tenkara or was practicing it. Had tenkara been a form of fly fishing at the time, I am sure the wording would be much different in order to include it. The current regs only have the effect of excluding tenkara not the intent if you will - there was never any conscious attempt to exclude it nor would there have been. Tenkara simply did not "exist" in the western world at the time. Of course the survival rate of fish caught via tenkara is the same as conventional fly fishing. And I never said otherwise. GO HAWKS! "It's all about the action, boss"