micropterus101 is absolutely correct. The elite steelhead fishermen are those crusty ole fellows you see on the riverbank who look like they just crawled out of the brush. They don't know wsc from a post from a thread, and they wouldn't want to. If anything, they are extremely bothered by all of the fancy fishing gear, attire, etc.. floating by them, not to mention all of the bizarre (in their eyes) fishing tactics they are witnessing. Free drifters floating right down the center of their favorite slot (completely oblivious) they hiked to doesn't bode well.
And they would never think to talk about themselves as elite steelhead fishermen, using terminology such as adroit in the process.

Adroit = having or showing skill, cleverness, or resourcefulness in handling situations.

Without knowing it, elite fishermen are far more adroit at the art of steelhead fishing than anyone trying to prove so with the use the seldomly used, or even recognized, english language.