I've seen a fish like yours one time. About 5 years ago on the upper snoqulime rv. Belive it was december, old timer next to me hooked it on bait. It fought very well for its size, around 20" or so. He stated he used to catch these quite often, but they were getting to be rare. He called it a native rainbow and I belived him, this fish was absolutly beautiful!!! The bow was mouth-hooked and I was happy to help the old timer release it unharmed. I couldnt help thinking how much this fish reminded me of the alaska rainbows I've seen on tv. Dark black spots all over it, with a dark pinkish-red stripe & gillplate, fins were large for its body size with razor sharp edges. Maybe years ago most of our river systems had these in stock, saddly you know the rest of the storey.........chrome
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Apocalypse Steelheader.
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