I grew up fishing with my grandpa who grew up on the cowlitz during the depression his family did have to resort to some methods that I'd rather not have ever been used(gillnet) but it was the only food they had. I also have relatives that I'm ashamed to say used to pitchfork salmon on a stream that no longer has any. A far different world than I grew up in. I've never understood why anyone would try to snag fish I understand the food idea but I've never known anyone who snags and actually needs the food. The most disturbing thing I've seen fishing was last year on the Cowlitz my Girlfriend and I were fishing from shore when this little rickety old aluminum boat full of people comes and basically crashes into shore. There was a lady some kids and an old guy in it. The lady went to the bathroom and this nasty dark salmon comes by barely clinging to life and the kids didn't see it so my girlfriend points it out to them so they could see a big fish. As soon as the old guy saw it he grabbed the nearest pole and tried to snag it I couldn't even understand why anyone would have any desire to catch such a fish. As for flossing it seems to me to be slightly better than snagging but completely inappropriate for these fisheries that have been decimated by years of overharvest, pollution, and other abuses and we all need to work together to help them recover.