Talljeeper I use a rigging pretty close to what your running. Except I hate braided lines. Save them for the salt or trolling. 5 feet of braided line in a favorite hole is about as helpful as 5 ft of razor wire.

Yea I share everyone elses skepticism regarding the use of 5/0 hooks. Those aren't even legal for chinook fishing in some states. Plus I find that 3/0 and 4/0 hooks straighten out easier then sz 1 or 1/0. Anybody else notice that too? I can put a heluva lot of pressure on a fairhooked fish with a size 1 hook.

And I don't know how useful 10 pound leaders are. They don't serve much use when your fishing near structure. I love fishing the minefields. A few logs keep the horde away, attract hawgs, and keep The Yakima Bait Company busy making corkies.

12 pound clear Yozuri fluoro copolymer for open water, 15 pound clear for the minefields. Maxima if the water is offcolor.

Seems that people are spreading out some. God there are alot of fish in that river. I landed 3 fairhooked fish, busted off a few tail hooked, got tons of bumps. The bobber and bait worked ok, but I get a kick out of feeling all those fish swimming and bumping my line. I went back to bottom drifting.