One other very b ig difference between the Umpqua and Queets is productivity. The Umpqua, according to the bios I have talked to, has a base rock that puts nutrients into the stream, making it productive if fish life. Like limestone streams, many of the Great lakes tibs, and so on. The Queets has a sterile base rock, so it needs nutrients from other sources (salmon). Since that is not possible in WA, the Queets productivity stays low and produces few steelhead. It is producing at capacity, for its productivity, but we are limiting that capacity.