C-Man,

I've pretty much adapted to the catch and release ethic except for hatchery fish, and I don't regret releasing the "wild" ones. A day's float on an O.P. river is usually good enough for me with the chance of encountering a monster steelhead, and I've done that lots of times, but never enough. Eight or nine years ago I hooked what might have been a state record steelhead. Saw him jump, lost him in a brush tangle below the surface. Great memory. It's been a long time since I've been on the Kenai. I remember my first king there was bright and shiny and 35 pounds. "You don't want to keep a little one like that do you?" Turned him loose. Caught a bigger one later. Those were the days.