British Columbia has changed the status of S.E. Interior rivers-
The Elk &tribs-St.Marys-White-Skook-Bull &Upper Kootenay-to
classified waters.What that means to me as a B.C. Resident is a
$15 'Classified Waters' licence. What it means for non
B.C.Residents is a money grab that is so short sighted ,I am
stunned as to its stupidity. I fish on the great rivers of
Alberta every fall. In Alberta, all residents of Canada are
treated equally -Canadians pay $21 for a yearly fishing licence.
Non Canadians pay $60 per year. Ice fishing is a seperate
licence but for us flyfishers that,s not relavent. A five day
non- Canadian pays $40 - The time period I have chosen for my
study. In B.C. a resident pays $36 for a year. A Canadian Non
B.C.Resident pays $55. An alien non Canadian pays $80. I,m not
totally opposed to charging more for fishers from outside of my
Province, I am surprised that Alberta does not charge Canadians
not living in Alberta more. (More on this later.) As a B.C.
Resident to as I said before I pay a fift