Thumper,
It's nice to hear about hard fighting fish regardless of their origins. The few hot brats I have hooked have been early summer-runs west of the Cascades. Most of them are not as hot as the wild fish I've caught in the same rivers. I've never hooked what I would consider a really hot winter brat. I think the difference between wild and hatchery is greater when the water's cold. East of the Cascades, which is where I do most of my summer steelheading, I have never caught a brat that has fought as well as an average native. I think the natives retain their strength better on the long trip out of the ocean.

Incidently, on the Deschutes, the fish are counted as they pass over Shears Falls. Last year the ratio was 5 brats per native. The ratio of fish caught was one to one! (those were ODFW's numbers, not mine. See Frank Amato's column in STS for more details).

Regarding large natives not jumping, that's not a wild vs hatchery thing, that's a big steelhead thing. The big bucks (>15 pounds) don't jump much. They fight more like chinooks.