I need some help with this one. Over the last 25 years, I have been fortunate to hook lots of steelheads, but I have yet to figure this out. I would have to say that well over 95% of the buck steelheads I have ever caught in the rivers were "colored up" or even dark. While on the other hand, the hens are generally chrome silver, with maybe a slight tint of "river colors". Is there some type of hormonal thing that allows this to occur? Even when we get a strong push of fresh fish in the rivers, the bucks are always carrying pretty strong coloration. Every year I hook a chrome buck that looks like it just came out of the foundry, and boy are they a hot fish. Any clues on this one?
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