I was just reading through that other thread with the debate over whether rainbow trout and steelhead are the same and thought some of you might be interested in this article. It seems others are having this same debate. How this question is answered could possibly result in removing protection from some steelhead. Here is a link to the article.

http://www.registerguard.com/news/2003/01/05/16e.cr.speciesfish.0105.html