Huge rainbow.
Poorly informed journalism. "A steelhead trout is a rainbow trout longer than 20 inches." That statement is incorrect. Example, there are no "steelhead in the Caney or Obey but plenty of rainbows over 20 inches.
Steelhead in the true sense are anadromous, sea residing fish that travels up into freshwater rivers to spawn. There are also lake run versions that do this on a smaller scale from big freshwater reservoirs up into tributaries.
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