Lofty,
I am certainly no expert at the Whidbey Steelhead fishery, but I am building my log hours up, so hope to catch one this season.

The setup is a mooching leader with red hooks, a few red beads, a orange or red hootchie, bead and then a red, orange or charturse(green right?) spin n glow.

I'll post a picture soon on a new thread.

John's Sportingoods on Broadway in Everett sell this rig pretied if you are interested. Also, The whidbey fishing club is holding a seminar Thursday night at Holmes Harbor R&G club in Langley - 7 PM on Steelhead fishing from the beach.

I will certainly post a picture if I catch one this season, as I have never put in more hours for a fish.
You are correct - There have been some decent numbers so far this year, but I don't think last weekend was included in those counts. I didn't see any on Sunday at either Bush or Lagoon Point.