...in 1969, Republican Governor Dan Evans made the Steelhead the Washington State Fish.

He was an ardent conservationist, and was instrumental in creating the Washington State Dept. of Ecology, before most states had done so, and before the Feds came up with the EPA.

https://methowvalleynews.com/2017/08/31/where-are-the-dan-evans-republicans/

That was 8 years before I caught my first steelhead, and my has the world changed since then!

It will be a sad day when the last "state fish" is either fin clipped or stuffed and sitting on a shelf in a museum.

I'll tip one back in his name this weekend while I try and catch a wild steelhead or three!

Fish on...

Todd
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