This year ECVI is an exceptionally great opportunity to experience fishing old school style. Many anglers have been trained over time to fish way too deep, in turn missing many shallow running salmon. Back in the day we used mooching sinkers, keel and slip sinkers as well as ball sinkers attached to a wire line rod and reel set ups. Then came the dive plainer boards and then not much longer in the 70's the downrigger(game changer) entered the scene. I often fish without the use of a downrigger while fishing plugs and spoons. Its not even on my mind to fish bucktails however I remember countless interceptions while skimming the surface just at the edge of the prop wash. This year ECVI is a great year to accomplish OG fishing tactics...maybe even get all sportsman like and load up your reel with 12 or 15 lbs test line. Give'er.