Thanks for the reply Bob.

I've had a facination for those remarkable Skeena fish since the late 50's and early 60's when Gordy Frear, a friend who sometimes fished up there, told stories of their average size and also of the number of huge ones.

Most of my knowledge of these fish comes from the writing of Trey Combs in his books from the early 70's and although these books are quite informative it would seem that a much better understanding of these fish might be available today.

In keeping with the theme of this thread I'll note that nearly every angler on that river system released all of their steelhead voluntarily even before the limit was reduced to one fish kept.