Yup.....if you know the river well that is plenty fine. I'll put my odds on that over pounding a short drift anyday. As big as the Skag is, the fish are usually still in very specific spots especially if the water is clear. If your casts are in the right spot then you'll hit a good percentage of the biters on the first pass. But then again I pry put in more days and know most of the spots better than most as I fish it it a lot more than most do because I am on it 20-40 days a year for steelhead and another 15-20 for salmon. Even when I am in the sled and can go through spots as many times as I want, probably 75% of our fish are on the first pass through a spot, so I like my odds of covering as much water as possible. Most of the time if you do hit a fish, you can row or drag the boat back up and hit it again. The trade off of going by a fish or two is offset by the amount of water that I cover.

Tim

P.s. Not trying to sound like a know it all just stating my experience fishing it as much as I do.