I am all for selective gear fishing as Smalma says. I don't use bait or barbs for steelhead any more and haven't for many years. I think most steelhead anglers are for that anyway. They just want the opportunity to fish. There has been no wild steelhead retention on the rivers I fish (fished) for many years. Selective gear restrictions and non retention of wild fish have been proposed by recs and sportfishng groups to WDFW for quite a while now but WDFW seems to disregard this and keep most of the rivers closed. That is just one of the frustrations for steelhead anglers.