I don't think fishermen should be classified by method as much as by productivness; i.e. good, average, or novice. I floated the Kalama Mon. from Pritchard's to Modrow. No hookups above the Beginner's Hole, where there had been a good morning bite for the bank angler's gathered there; mostly summer steelhead. We fished float N jigs about equally with driftfishing. We didn't run into fish until we got to a long hole a ways up from Modrow, where we hooked 3 and landed 2 nice summers in the same stretch. We tried both methods, drifting good bait and floating good jigs. All the fish were hooked drifting; I hooked 2 on pink corkie w/ small egg clusters & Jerry hooked 1 on a small cheater w/ sandshrimp tail. The jigs we were using were some of the best made & color patterned. I have caught some on jigs but am not a jig expert. From Mon.'s experience I would hesitate to call it a no brainer, even if the basics aren't difficult. - RT