Oh boy...

Killing Dollies because they eat eggs or fry is wrongheaded in my opinion.

Take the Hoh for example. It has the most robust Dolly Varden population in the state AND the most robust population of native steelhead. Sounds like, even though I know it gets plenty of help from fishermen, nature is doing just fine in this system on its own?

When I first started fishing that river (or anywhere for that matter) I killed a Dolly one morning and ate it for breakfast. It was horrible...I've talked with a few oldtimers out there that say they are ok if your freezer is empty, you bled the fish right after you caught it and smoked it with an extra pan or two of chips but.... who has the time for all that?

I am biased I guess because I like the fish so much...they just annihilate hardware.