Many of you are assuming that most everyone at Blue Creek with a leader longer than 3 feet is flossing. Simply not true. The terrain on the bottom (large boulders) calls for a longer leader (I use a 5-6 foot leader). I do not sweep and I do not jerk back on every cast as some will do. I jerk back when I feel a takedown and I prefer to have enough weight so I'm slowly moving downstream. I've landed a 100 fish or so at Blue Creek in the past 2 years and almost all have been hooked inside the mouth. All other steelhead rivers I use the standard 2-3 foot leader.