Last night after work, I went down to the Cow and picked up a 8lb steelie - here's the weird part. This fish had all of its fins, including the adipose. So my question for all of you. Does the Cow have wild steelhead? Although the dorsal fin was split, it was tall and straight. Could this have been one of the fish coming from up above the dams? Enquiring minds want to know. I do believe that the fish gods are putting my Wild Fish Release ethos to the test. In April, I got a springer on the Kalama that had its adipose - nobody could believe it. But, you know, the catching of the fish was just as good as if I had kept these fish and it was (and is) always cool to feel the fish kick away from me.