I actually would be much more in favor of a single-barbless regulation that allowed bait if that in fact covered the Sol Duc as well.

Given what the studies have shown regarding adult steelhead, it is not bait that raises the mortality rate substantially, it is actually the use of barbed hooks.

I would comprise and ask the State to put forth a single-barbless hook regulation for the Sol Duc and leave the rest of the rivers be to get those God Damn stinger hooks of that river. They are are left in a fishes mouth because there are some that are too lazy to actually release the fish (just pop the leader)and/or there are some that are not a good enough guide so that they must fish a barbed stinger hook rig so their clients can actually catch and land a fish.

Baited, barbed hooks due a minimal amount of damage when compared to what these rigs do to the wild fish on the Sol Duc.