Fished the North Coast yesterday. I hooked 2, landed one, which was a beautiful chrome hen about 12 pounds. She was so strong, I was sure I had a 20 pound buck on! I was using fireline 14 pound tied direct to a #5 spinner and noticed when I landed her that the line had cut through her scales in some spots and some scales were missing. She had rolled quite a bit in heavy water and must have wrapped herself in the line. Have other people experienced this with braided lines? I usually use mono and have never noticed it tearing out scales. I don't want to use braided lines if they injure wild steelhead. I suppose a mono leader might have helped.