Unless the rules have changed from last year, you CANNOT use a barbed hook to fish for steelhead at the Heller Bar, Snake River, with a Washington License! We fished it last year at Heller Bar with a guide and provided our on gear. My Grandson forgot to crimp the barb on a new hook after he had prior lost his hook. We were checked by the Washington Game Dept. and he got a warning ticket.
Perhaps the Warden didn't know what he was doing?

RAFT-CAT