Rob Allen,
I see that you are a fishing guide and that you only deal in absolutes. Great! The absolute fact is this:
1) The rivers of the west end are consistantly hammered (by an overabundence of guides) in a way that no one, particularly locals, could have ever imagined.
2) 70-80% of all natives killed each year on west end rivers were laying in the bottom of guide boats (ask any fish checker).
3)Given both 1) & 2) above, even the simplest mind could deduce that the fishing guide factor adding to the demise of wild steelhead is fairly substantial.
How many trips a year do you need to pay the bills? Can we put that number in accidental wild steelhead kills. Surely you do not have a problem with the occasional fisherman that gets out twice a year and is fortunate enough to catch one fish (wild or not)?