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Originally posted by SuckerSnagger:

"The Real Thing", as Fishing Physician once called it, is precious and fragile. Let's protect our Native Steelhead by leaving them in their rivers. Let's protect their habitat from commercial interests who want to make the problem of endangered Native Steelhead go away by re-defining it out existance.
Let's not get suckered into blurring the boundaries between hatchery fish and The Real Thing.
SS
Like the song says:

"Ain't nothin' like the real thing baby, ain't nothin' like the real thing...."

In case there's any doubt about those lyrics, here's proof that a picture's worth a thousand words:





Does anyone out there really believe these are the same fish?

(NOTE: edited for smaller JPG's... the first ones I put up were HUGE!)
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