When we are fishing very good looking water and the trout are not biting we can almost guarantee to hook up with a steelhead.
The last 2 years of steelhead fishing, i learned that too. If trout aren't biting, there is most likely a bigger fish around somewhere. Half of my steelhead this year were caught while chasing trout, some days trout fishing would be real good, then the next day it would be completly dead for trout, but on fire for steelhead in the same area.