With all the money ive spent on steelhead gear, it seems like i could have bought a mansion by now. No amount of money can compare to that sudden take of a steelhead after standing in ice cold water for weeks without a single bite. I would give my GLoomis for that experience everyday. With all the talk about trying to keep hatcheries open vs. wild fish. I think the main goal needs to be: Get fish into the rivers, whether they are wild or hatcheries, and then improve the conditions of the environment and hatchery facilities. Studies have shown that there is little to NO competition between wild and hatchery fish.

People need to stand up for the greatest fish in the world - THE SEA RUN RAINBOW
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"I have a fair idea of what to expect from the river, and usually, because I fish it that way, the river gives me approximately what I expect of it. But sooner or later something always comes up to change the set of my ways..."
- Roderick Haig-Brown