Probably 90% of the Steelhead I catch are on jigs. I like to fish jigs because the type of water I fish most of the time is more well suited to jig/float fishing. is it easier than "Traditional drift fishing"? I dont know, maybe it is. But what difference does it make if it is easy? Does it make a fisherman inept because he enjoys fishing with jigs, or to the same token, is a fisherman more adept because he refuses to do anything other than drift fish? Does it matter? Are there really people out there who are soooooo snobby and elitist that they would actually say "Well, yeah those are nice fish, but ANYBODY can catch fish on jigs! Real fishermen drift fish". It's just fishing, and everyone has their favorite way of doing things and each and every way of fishing has it's place where it will out perform all other methods of fishing.