As soon as I read the 1st post I was waiting for the closet elitism to show. Voila here it is. These ideas are noble but they always seem to have the same end game, exclusion of those deemed not worthy. I'm all for special regs and better management but not if it is exclusionary. If you want exclusivity take up GOLF.
And before anyone in the peanut gallery gets to commenting, I've picked up a spinning rod about 5 times in the last 20 years and most of those have been sunny excursions with the kids.
I think goons is not so much in reference to what type of rod you use to pursue trout but rather whether or not the angler cares about a quality year-round fishery or just a fill my stringer each and every time for 4-6 weeks and then trout fishing is over type mentality. You know, "the trout are like doritos, keep all you want they'll make more" crowd. At least that's what a goon is to me.
I have to disagree too that flyfishing only areas are exclusionary. Absolutely no license angler is excluded from picking up a flyrod to and engage in flyfishing on these stretches. Just like on a TCA, I am free to leave the bait behind and use a spinner, spoon, crankbait, jig, or fly to
fish for trout.