#3 on my list is Solitude. I know that it can get crowded on weekends, but mid-week, when it's cold like today there are few people on the rivers.
#2 is the fish themselves. They are sure fun. No other fish can raise my pulse like a chrome brite metalhead can.
Last but not least,
#1 reason to love winter Steelheading; the high water has washed away all that damn trash from Salmon season!
I spend a good part of my life enjoying many activities out of doors and there is no other group of people that litters as much as fisherpeople. Why is that? What can we do to change it? I have picked up my share and others share too, and chastised people for leaving without picking up. OK I am stepping off my soapbox.