This is kinda tough for me to make a call on as lining is THE way to catch reds ... period, guys can argue all they want about "the fly", but it's all in the technique and it's lining! Now, on the other hand, this has become the in method for catching kings on the Kasilof River terminal area (again, guys say they're biting, but they're not) and I'm not quite so sure about it. I guess if fishing for reds that aren't going to bite, yea, but if fishing for a specie that will readily bite if properly presented, then I have my doubts ... and quite frankly, concerns for my saftey undoing fish in the upper end of my drift near the terminal area that have been lined somewhere other than the mouth.