Smalma-

To anwer you question about these so called 'wild' steelhead.

Did man put them above the falls? I believe the answer is yes. Then at that point the population is not native it is naturalized. The one comment you said that really disturbs me is the steelhead are taking on the characteristics of the native rainbow trout. If that is true, then aren't these naturalized steelhead now a genetic pollutant that could destoy the local native trout population? Since these steelhead in question are no longer stocked or marked, why not just elminated them from the upper watershed and that will be that? They don't belong.

William