Fingerlings are netted from holding pens, with each netting weighed.

Weights of individual nettings are carefully recorded, then totaled.

Bucket is loaded with 1 pound of fingerlings, they're then counted.

Key to best survival is quick handling throughout the process.

Clipping tables each can accommodate seven to eight fin clippers.

West crew has several clippers with previous seasons of experience.

East crew is a mixture of maturity and youthful zeal and energy.

More of east crew, reacting to some "flippant" flipping fingerlings.

Freshwater tank holds about a two-hour supply of steelhead to mark.

Dip net moves fingerlings to a brief stay in a tranquilizing solution.

Work tray net aids clippers. Adipose fin is cut cleanly and closely.

Flowing fresh water revives, returns fingerlings to outside pens.