JR wrote:

Chas Wade wrote:

You're right on the money here JR. The pinks aren't the fighters a
steelhead can be. About 1 in 40 will take you into the backing, ...

1 in 40? Where have you been fishing? It's a rare summer fish on the
Deschutes that won't take you into the backing. I admit fish in some
other OR rivers are less train-like, but 1 in 40?

Chas, ignore the above. The thought managed just now to find its way
into what I optimistically call my brain that you were talking about the
pinks, and not the steelhead.

JR
-shaking his own steel head