The present steelhead situation reminds me very much of what we endured several years ago regarding Eastern Wa pheasant hunting. Once upon a time pheasant hunting was a way of life for us in the Yakima Valley. Then, things started to go bad. Birds were hard to find. Special closures were instrumented. The offical WDFW explanation was "habitat loss, habitat loss, habitat loss". This is undoubtedly a factor, but it was a dammed big coincidence that WDFW quit releasing pheasants at just about this same time. But they never mention this as a factor and now they (WDFW) are singing the same song about the steelhead. I do not fish for steelhead much, but I am saying don't let your steelhead go the way of my pheasant!!!!!!