It is illegal to attempt to take a fish in anyway that the fish does not willingly take the hooks into it's mouth!!!

Whatever the plans to do with them the fish must have the intention of taking the hooks into it's mouth.. Anything else is illegal and unethical.

Iron.. i don't believe anyone said that everyone using corkies is a snagger. I doubt there is a member of this board who has never caught a fish on a corkie.. However in the case of the lower columbia tributaries it's not a minority that is using them for snagging it is the very very very VAST Majority!!! 90+% of fall salmon fishing in the Washougal, Lewis and Kalama is snagging done with the above mentioned corkie set up..

Also i don't believe creating a fly only area of any river eliminated snagging. There is a lot of snagging that occurs for coho in the lower fly only area of the Kalama.