Originally Posted By: kikinit247
I have never fished a dick nite for salmon, but it would seem that fishing it under a float would help eliminate the likelyhood of flossing a fish. That being said how do you fish a dick nite under a float? What sort of weight set up do you use? Slow retrieve? Let it drift? Thanks in advance for any insights you can give me on this technique.
i'll usually set it up with a couple split shot to sink it quicker, but not hamper the action.

and to answer bigchump's question, it depends on intent. i'm sure i've flossed fish over the years incidentally, but i have never once done it intentionally. it is sort of a gray area, but when i see a guy with a 6' leader and a corky or DN jerking at the end of every drift, there's about a 102% chance of them being a snagger, which seems to be about 7 out of 10 guys on any given river in recent years.

"trying" to floss a fish = snagging by the very definition in the rulebook, which = ILLEGAL and un-sporting. end of story.