Jacob -
Sorry but the Tolt (more specifically its forks) is one of the areas that historically support native summer steelhead in the Puget Sound region. Other areas include Canyon Creek and Deer Creek on the Stillaguamish, South Fork Nooksack, North Fork Skykomish, and a handful returning to a couple of Skagit Tribs.

Now I can understand why some may not like restrictive regulations to protect a limited resource, especially when it makes it more difficult to catch hatcery fish. However, if we value wild resources those type of rules are often necessary. Since those fishery management changes were made on the Snoqualmie and Tolt the escapement of wild summer steelhead on the South Fork has made its escapement goal every year except this spring while in the decade prior to that change it didn't make the goal once.

Tight lines
S malma