On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 10:23:23 -0700, JR wrote:

Charlie Choc wrote:

On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 09:51:57 -0700, JR wrote:

A luxury tax is JUST what we need to battle the ogre of runaway
trendiness: regs on 50% of trout/steelhead/salmon water (including 50% of
the big destination waters) limiting the total *retail* value of visible
paraphernalia (rod, reel, line, waders, boots, vest, clothing--forget
flies, tools, etc.) to US$ 1,000. We start with the SJ and the Madison.


Most of the people I saw on the SJ (excluding the ones fishing with guides)
would probably come in under $150, total, including flies. g

This was in winter?

July. Still, the water temp is 45 degrees year round, so the only thing
missing was jackets, gloves, and furry hats. The $150 included waders and
boots. On the Madison it was a different story.

You raise a good point: we include guides as "visible paraphernalia".

JR

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