They were Salmon as I caught one, blind luck. That said about the Steelhead. At the hatchery when I left the 27 lb Steely that Buddy mounted for me was still on the wall, came out of a QIN net. Sats seemed to have the bigger fish of all the tribs, always wondered if they were headed for West or Middle Fork, no way East. Big SOB's when I was a kid and guys like JM and others who are gone really did have fun. The old plunking shacks on the Chehalis were legendary but the ultimate was the guy who had the Baker hole shack on the Satsop. No boats ( much ), no freeway, ( no outsiders much ), no tribes nets, it was something then............ all gone.
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Dazed and confused.............the fog is closing in