Being primarily a NW Oregon fisherman, where boobdoggin the bigger rivers of the Cascades isn't common as it is on the Washington Cascade salmon & steelhead rivers, I am still learning the intracacies of this WA way to fish larger rivers. It's both fun and productive (especially for the flossers that use 5 ft. leaders - should have saved that for the WA vs OR thread? ). Anyway, I have been doing more of this on the NF Lewis and Cowlitz with my WA friends the last couple years and I'm enjoying it. For summer and winter steelhead (and silvers too) their most popular rigup for sidedrifting is a very long leader with two size 4 hooks tied on with a real small corkie or cheater betweem them. This is usually drifted out and up from the drifting boat using just enough slinky lead to keep the rig tapping bottom every few feet in the prime slots. The fish seem to almost hook themselves. Eggs are most often used along with the corky; sometimes shrimptails or just plain with a little scent. My approach, when I've had good eggs along, is to use a single size 2 hook (size 1 with colored water and larger plastics) and jam a toothpick in the corky and snug it up against the small egg cluster. And I only use about a 3 ft. leader rather than a 4 ft. or 5 ft. leaders so common up there. When I've had good bait along I seem to do alright with the single hook. And I have always used that for many years when driftfishing from the bank or an anchored boat. So, what's up with the double size 4's, and what is the advantage for 'doggin the fish this way? I prefer the wider gap of the larger single hook so when a fish grabs my rig the chances of a better hookup are there in my opinion. The guys I have fished with are hooking the fish in the mouth the few times I've done this; and would only keep a properly hooked fish for sure, as that's the way they are. However, I wonder if this riggup gained popularity because for fish that do get flossed the upper of the double hooks isn't blocked from a good stick and hookup outside the jaw area? Whereas with a single hook the corky could more often bounce the single hook away from a flossed fish's outside jaw area? I'm honestly not being accusatory, I just don't see an otherwise advantage of double smaller hooks. If a fish grabs a single hook rig in it's mouth, those that know the feel of a pickup will hook the fish, and with a deeper/wider hook set for better holding power. ... Just an early observational opinion from me - and I wanted some feedback about this method. Thanks guys. - RT