What a coincidence ... imagine my surprise this morning when we'd just landed our second nice hen of the morning and as I reached down to pop our 2/0 single out of the corner of the jaw, this is what is in the fish's throat.

Before the season is done ... I'll probably see it a hundred times. Hooks so deep that they have to be cut off. Over 90 % will probably be dual, small hook rigs.

I do know for a fact that several guides that use these rigs never bother to try to get the hooks out ... rather they'll bring the fish to the side of the boat, grab the leader and then yank to break it loose.

Plain and simple in my book ... and perhaps it'll have to be law some day if folks can't see the light: don't use two-hooks rigs if you intend on releasing the wild steelhead you do catch!