steelhead runs

while looking at a water resources map at work i got to wondering do any steelhead run up any of the tribs of elk, like halls run, brandy run, or little elk creek?  i'm guessing they do but maybe a local can help me out.

i'm not fishing it, if some one wants to pm me with an answer thats fine. i was just curious when i looked on the maps. if this is some sort of off the beaten trail secret spot so be it, i'm assumeing most of it is posted.

thanks for the info, i didn't look at walnut, i know the tribs of the tribs get pretty small and shallow.

My question is how can anyone be all proud of themselves catching large fish in water that barely covers their fins is beyond me,not singling anyone out but I laugh when I hear about how many hookups someone got in a trib that barely has 3 inches of water in it...Forget the small stuff find out how to catch tem in high dirty water instead..Some might be suprised but they still are there..Ray

there used to be a lot of fish that ran up the trib to elk by the old raceways off of north creek rd since they would just let them flow out of there. i know people used to net them and fish for them even though it was technically nursery waters. the few that used to go up it after it got closed didn't last long. i haven't been through there in years to know if any go up there any more, i doubt they do.

It is becomes a matter of quality of the experience rather than the quanity of the fish.  I don't think it is wrong to look for steelies in the skinny water and fish for them.  If that is what you like to do, then fine.  I found that after doing it for awhile it gets too easy and rather boring.  Eventually I reached a point where I wanted more of a challenge and that means fishing a different type of water. 
 
I fished a deep run yesterday and had no bites for about say maybe 30 to 45 minutes.  It was a big hole so I moved around some.  All of a sudden at the end of a drift, pow the float disappeared, I pulled back and the fight was on.  To make a long story short, I landed 5 steelies in about 2 hours and missed 2 or 3 others.  I really enjoyed fishing the deep run.  Each drift was full of potential and then when a fish did hit, it was exciting.  The unpredictable nature of fishing deep holes in slightly off color water makes for a much more rewarding experience for me now than standing in 6 inches of water with a pod of fish in front of me and slamming one every other cast. 
 
Working for the steelies, trying to read the water, guessing where they are and then finally hooking up is where I am at this point with my steelhead experience.  Of course, I did not get here overnight and I have the luxury of living close enough to the tribs I get to fish a lot.  I will say however, it is always a thrill to feel the steel no matter where you hook one.  They are awesome creatures.