I was wondering if you were going to respond Godlike. I was just testing to see what kind of response you would come back with. Are you fishing in the Olympia area? Sounds like you have found a great technique. It cracks me up how some people on this board, not you, talk about people lining fish with long leaders, etc. Frankly, we will never know when it comes to drift fishing where there is a high concentration of fish whether or not the fish picked it up or if it was lined. The only part I am concerned about is when people are catching steelhead when it comes to keeping Natives...Let them go.........Hopefully the state will make this a law.......RELEASE NATIVES.........Good luck with your new discovered technique.....it really does sound like a good one. Steelydan