" Ralph Heidecke" wrote in
news:HvPrd.399073$Pl.282308@pd7tw1no:

a 6 weight is adequate for any steelhead up to the 10 or 12 lb mark
provided the river isn't the Thompson (which by thew photo this isn't)
or you have to use large flies and/or heavy heads to reach the fish.



"Adequate" and "correct" are two different things.

Scott