I think moving steelhead also hit well. It's just that it's usually harder to locate moving steelhead since they don't occur in the large schools that salmon often do. The very few times I've found moving steelhead, every one was a biter. I do agree with you that holding steelhead are willing hitters, compared to salmon. I used to fish a place on the Skagit years ago where silvers were known to stack like crazy. Yet I caught very few. Maybe a couple hits at daybreak and maybe a random bite would turn on during the day - - sometimes. Finally I learned that those fish held there for days and weeks. It was only really good fishing on those occasions when fresh salmon moved in. I'm still a lousy salmon fisherman, but I know a rock on the lower Hump that X hours after high tide in the fall, it's every cast a coconut. The fish are moving, and they hit like starving trout. So in general, I agree with you, but don't underestimate moving steelhead if you can just locate them.

Sincerely,

Salmo g.