Sorry to break it to you fellas. If you fish for salmon with corky/yarn (tailor-made floss rig) you are probably lining fish. I'm not saying all the fish you catch are flossed, but those 20 fish days are probably 5 fish days - if you want to count the fish that actually "bit" your presentation. It doesn't matter how long your leader is either. Obviously a 20 foot leader will floss more fish. However, when fish are in thick, a 2 footer will do. Same goes for jigging and fly fishing. I watched some guy flyfishing the Puyallup (with zero visibility I might add) in mid september. He had a fish on every time I looked over. Do you honestly think that those fish "took" his presentation on purpose. Of course not...... Sure they were in the mouth. THEY WERE FLOSSED. The funny thing was the fact that this guy thought he was such a "purist." Hey, to each their own. I'm sure he had no idea what he was doing. He didn't look too savvy with the 7 weight. Flossing is way more common than many people think.
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