Well fish must be in reel good now! Figured out what I was doin wrong .This whole time Ive been using steelhead gear to try and catch steelhead. Went on a river bop W/TT yesterday and nailed this beauty while throwin a thomas lure for trout . Luckily it was in a good stretch cause whaaammm the pole goes down and a huge flash appears in front of me,I had come to the gun fight with a knife! 1/4to a1/2 mile later free driftin and 8 different runs I finally bear hugged "had no net" this 29"buck to the side of my toon and got a gill whoa what a battle really didn't think I would be able to land it! Two different drift boats were anchored up watchin me gettin soaked tryin to land this fish without a net. So I guess when one wants a steelhead use a thomas ,just kidding Ihave heard of this but only one I have ever caught this way, thinkin they must be thick in that stretch. There have been a lot of boats out too.