There it is. I think many of us give steelhead way too much credit in terms of their wariness and/or intelligence. I've been guilty of that more than I'd like to admit. Once we figure out where they are and how to put something (next to anything) in front of them, they don't seem so smart anymore. Of course, this doesn't take anything away from their general awesomeness.

I recently discussed with a guide/friend that steelhead are actually great biters by comparison. For a frame of reference, consider fishing on a blue ribbon trout stream that holds tens of thousands of trout per river mile. Most of us would agree that even there, a 20 fish day is a great day of fishing. Now consider that even the most productive PNW streams get only a few thousand steelhead back each year, with probably no more than a couple hundred in a given mile of river at a given time, yet most of us who've been at this for any real length of time have had at least one double-digit day on steelhead. Great biters in my estimation. Of course, this is not to suggest that I always catch them....

OH... and I would like to own a Sage One, but I don't need it right now.