Steelheadman,

As a frustrated Upper Columbia Steelheader I've got to share a dirty secret with you. The WDFW did not clip any of the hatchery fish for several years. Now they are clipping some...but not all of the hatchery fish. So the fish that are coming over the dams back to the Methow and Wenatchee Rivers may well be hatchery fish....but they were never clipped.