Times and ideas have changed. Recreational fisheries' management, angler attitudes and river etiquette, regarding steelhead angling, have all evolved over the last thirty years or so. Some have been good, others bad. The emergence of terminal fishing areas and C&R, both as a mangement tool and anglers' moral philosophy, have been factors that have helped bring about these changes. For instance back in the mid 1970's the daily steelhead limit was two fish. It did not matter whether a steelhead was kept or released. When two were landed, your day was over. This included kelts too. The premise of these regulations was to prevent an angler from hogging the sweet part of the run, and "catching and releasing" steelhead all day, giving other anglers a chance to land a fish. Hah, today it's not common to see a dude stand in front of Hogarty Creek and C&R summer-runs all day at Rieter. Fun? Yes! But, ethical....