Careful reading of Salmo's post should certainly pay dividends. Take note particularly of the comment that "steelhead in Washington have never been less abundant than they are these days". In a recent thread on another site, someone was complaining about having fished the previous nine weekends without catching a steelhead, and asking "What am I doing wrong?" Obviously, what he was doing wrong was not having fished for steelhead twenty or thirty years ago. Not only are there fewer steelhead than at any time in my personal experience but there are many, many more anglers chasing the scraps.

I hate to be a wet blanket, and would not discourage anyone sufficiently dedicated to the pursuit, but If I were just coming to fly fishing for steelhead, I'd have to take a long and skeptical look at it.