Ditto what's already been said by Ripley, Doc, etc., and add a few more thoughts:

- The key word is "staging". If you're the guy holding the camera, it's up to you to conceptualize the photo, position the angler/fish and be ready with your gear (pre-focus, metering, etc.) before you say "go". Even if you don't have an auto-advance, you can easily take 3 good, unhurried shots in 3 seconds if you've staged it and are ready to shoot. Submerged, lift, shoot, shoot,shoot, back in the water.

- Somebody (Doc?) suggested taking photos in deeper water. I wholeheartedly agree. I like shooting in water that's deep enough so when I kneel or squat, I can get the camera at eye level with the fish. The most interesting steelhead photos I've ever seen were taken from just BARELY above the water's surface, shooting either straight at the fish, or very slightly angled up. This is nearly impossible to do if you're in water that's 8 inches deep.

-Under "general photo thoughts": Be aware of your flash. It helps to know exactly how your flash illuminates when you're photographing a subject with a reflective quality (i.e. a wet steelhead/Chinook/etc.). You have to have light to have color, but it's also awfully easy to "blow out" a fish by over-flashing or being too close when you use the flash. Know your flash.

JS/NWWC