It seems that the topic posted and the poll question ask two different question, i.e., one asks which catches more fish, and the other asks which method you'd prefer to catch fish with.

Easy enough for me, though, as drift fishing is the answer to both questions.

I prefer to catch fish on drift gear because there's nothing quite like feeling the hit of a steelhead on drift gear, followed by the steady throb of the fish. Watching a float go down is pretty cool, too, but it's not quite the same.

As far as what catches more fish, while some spots and some fishermen account for a lot of jig caught steelies, I'd say that overall they probably don't account for more than 10% of the fish caught. Drift gear, plugs, and hardware account for almost all the rest, with drift gear probably accounting for the great majority of those.

Fish on,

Todd.