I live in Ont and we use light lines for our salmon fishing. My rig is a 13 ft sage, Islander float reel, 8lb trilene xt mainline and 5lb fluro leader. I have landed chinooks to 30lb on this gear. I float fish skein which not many guys here do but chinooks love it. Here rivers I fish are fairly snag free so once fish is hooked you can let him run as much as he wants. Also area I fish is generally slow staging water so no problems fighting the current. I would love to try my lightline fishing out west but maybe problems as your fish are bigger and stronger. When water is clear and fish are spooky using the light gear makes a massive difference so if any of you guys need tips shoot away....