Leafs out in the first round again. Auston Matthews 69 goals in the regular season, only 1 in the playoffs.

My condolences on the loss of your good friend, Ken Peters Dave.

BC population has increased by a million people over that time

more like 800k from 2013 to 2022 but that hardly negates your point. I'd say most people moving to BC aren't coming here for the steelhead fishing. Probably not for the fishing at all.

If there is anything encouraging (if you could even call it that), is that licenses sold have only dropped by ~10%, for now

BC population has increased by a million people over that time

The last 10 years tells a story. Most of the parameters have dropped by half or more. Reporting has dropped from around 65  to 70% to 43%. Angling days have dropped by half.

If one defines success rate as catch per unit effort, ie  (#steelhead kept + released) / #angler days , then that has dropped by 70% over this time period based on this chart.

If there is anything encouraging (if you could even call it that), is that licenses sold have only dropped by ~10%, for now

We are on our way to the cup. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4nb-kNLPYE

Delusional

So sorry to hear Dave, many good memories of Ken over the years. 

So true.  You'd have a hard time finding anyone with anything negative to say about Ken Peters

So sorry to hear Dave, many good memories of Ken over the years. 

We are on our way to the cup. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4nb-kNLPYE

Does Hatzic look like a forest like Deer lake during the summertime, or are there some parts of the lake where its not as weedy?