I've never cared for heavy metal music or for calling steelhead metalheads. It's undignified. It seems like Bill is criticizing fishermen who are "one dimensional," who know no method of steelheading other than boondogging. I think that's legitimate. A well rounded angler is one who can employ a variety of gear and methods under varying conditions and catch fish.

As for sheer quantity, Bill's right, and Parker is wrong. When steelhead runs are, or were, abundant, a one-dimensional angler could stand on a select rock at some hatchery blood hole (Cook Ck, Salmon R, Fortson, etc.) and repeat the same cast for as many hours and days as necessary and catch 400 steelhead a year. That makes him a successful fisherman in one place under one set of conditions, but not necessarily a skilled angler. Drop him off on a wilderness river containing only wild fish and he may catch fish only by random accident when there is no blood hole. It's all part of the difference between an evolved and a not-so-evolved fisherman.

Sg