if History shows anything it's that WDFW has never been right in it's wild steelhead managment and in every case where they tried to manage populations that were in trouble they only made things worse.

the main thing here is MSY. It is absolutely crystal clear that MSY is a failure it simply does not work and has lead to ever stream but a few having severly depressed runs.
MSY needs to be thrown in the trash.

As for the upper columbia.. I believe all thoes runs are listed as endangered under ESA. abundances of hatchery fish does not a healthy run make.. abundances of hatchery fish are simply a sign that too many fish are being raised and planted...