Steelheading is becoming more a thing of the past. When I am fishing the rivers for salmon in the fall guys I talk to talk more about catching a steelhead than a salmon. I tell the young guys I talk to on the rivers that there won't be much steelhead opportunities in the future for them and their kids. Maybe pink or chum should be made the state fish instead of steelhead.
And now you will have to buy an extra endorsement license this coming year to fish the Columbia and it tribs for salmon and steelhead because of cuts of federal funds for fisheries there.