First off, I'm very disappointed this thread wasn't about zombies. What a let down.

Secondly, as the article clearly states, Trevor is an avid fly fisherman. It is OK for any fly fisherman (avid or not) to hold a steelhead, salmon, or trout out of the water. If anything, that can't be any worse than a released beached gut hooked hatchery king, right?

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Like removing fish out of the water..........

PS. As one who has a degree in Fisheries Sciences, I'm often perplexed at how the salmonids of our Northern Friends (Canadia and Alaska) don't seem to be effected at all by any degree of releasing and out of water standards. I mean, I see fish being held out of the water ALL THE TIME in photos from Canadia and Alaska....by the same guides and fisherman who live and fish in Washington and Oregon.
Just find it a bit odd that it's apparently not healthy and good for fish down here but OK up there. Must be a DSMFer thing for the fish and fisherman.