Fishaddict, I'm not saying you were wrong. I was just stating that a chrome bright silver can look alot like a chrome bright steelhead, and that at some distance it may be hard to tell. The point of me bringing it up was that last week I caught a bright silver that at first I thought was a steelhead. A problem that had come up a couple times before, and I was hoping someone could give some distinguishing characteristics to more easily tell the difference. I'll agree most of the time is very easy to tell the difference, but I've caught a couple hundred of each and in these instances I had a hard time telling the difference.

Berkley, thanks for the reply about spots on the tail. I'll keep that in mind.

I found a picture of one of the fish and maybe this will help you understand where I am coming from.
Thanks

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Tell me what you think, steelhead or silver?