"steelhead" meaning in English

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          "text": "She tried the same cast several times. I signaled her to switch flies. After two such changes we still couldn't move the fish. Some steelhead are biters; some are not.",
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          "ref": "2007 October 9, Henry Fountain, “Downside to Breeding Fish in Captivity Shows Up Early”, in New York Times:",
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          "text": "Emphasizing that it has applied equitable apportionment to not only rivers and streams but also to interstate river basins, to groundwater pumping that affects surface water flows, and to anadromous fish like Chinook salmon and steelhead trout, the court stated that equitable apportionment applies only when transboundary resources are at issue.",
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