Hey y'all, I need some help. A few guys I work with have been fly fishing for "small rainbow trout" on the Green after work the past couple of weeks. I've tried to tell them that these fish aren't rainbows but are in fact steelhead smolts, which need all the help they can get and thus shouldn't be bothered by anglers, even fly fishermen who practice catch and release.

Am I right about this, or am I mistaken? Are there in fact native rainbows in the Green?

Tell them they are smolt, smolt, smolt. If they want to go catch and release fish go down to the lower Green and fish for src They would start coming into the river. I will never understand the exitment of catching 6-8 inch fish.

tight lines
Kevin