Years ago eggs under a float was the way everyone fished the Samish. Then the flossers started showing up and it was eggs with no wieght thrown up against the pilings. After that came the jigs thrown up against the pilings. All you really need is a bare hook with a small split shot to get it down but that likely would look to much like out right flossing. The best at it were the guys that figured out to use brightly colored lines. Easier to see far down into the water. When the lined moved; set the hook. I used to live on Samish Island and would hit the ditch before and after work. I used an orange blue fox and had a few spots where, depending on what the tides was doing, I could catch my two fish in about 10 casts. Usually fresh fish that had just moved into the river. The flossers would just glare at me when I had my limit in a few casts and the time it took to land them.

There is a book out there written by one of the local farmers on the history of the Samish if any are interested I believe the name is Samishgold Memoirs.

FYI: In the old times the farmers would just use a pitch fork.