Here is my .02, I have drift fished for some time now because when I got into fishing float fishing in the NW was virtually un heard of. I mean sure there was the few anglers who tossed bobber and bait and even a few who tossed jigs. I took advantage of this towards my business and started tying jigs at a young age getting better and better with practice. Now years later jiggin it is as popular as anything. Have you ever been drift fishing a slot when a boat comes down and pulls plugs through your slot? Well I have countless times on the Nooch. What is the difference between a plug being pulled through your hole or a bobber and jig passing by? I don't see much of a difference except a jig is less likely to spook fish is than a plug in my opinion. I don't see how one method is better than the other, In any given time a jig may work better than hardware or bait. I think one key to fishing is to be versatile.In otherwords don't get stuck in a rut and pound a hole with roe for the entire day when you know fish are present, try other things and then come back to roe or whatever. I have seen quite a few things that have chapped my butt, but a bobber floating into the water I am fishing is the least of my worries. I know that catching a fish is a great feeling, but I guess it is just me but I have passed that and now just going out to the river and being on the water is just as good of an experience as hooking into a fish. I think alot of the fun of fishing is taken away with people that spend to much time worrying about other people maybe catching a fish that they called theirs. I don't think bobber fishing is an easy way of fishing at all. Try fishing for big summer steelies with a 1/32 oz jig with a 4 hook and 6 pound test and see how easy it is to get a good hook set on a fish that you have hooked 50 yards away, damn near impossible. That is just my .02 you don't have to agree with it, I just thought I would offer my oppinions.

Thanks,
Andy Matthews