Wrong! Yes there are lots of long rods in B.C. and yes there are lots of flossers, but you have jumped to another erroneous conclusion. Long rods were and are very popular because the vast majority of B.C. rivers and salmon anglers use floats which dictate long rods.

I have fished in B.C. extensively for more than 20 years and can tell you that overall their river etiquette and ethics are excellent. In recent years, especially since sockeye were open for retention, snagging/flossing has increased and a horde of “new” anglers has come on the scene. Many B.C. anglers who consider flossing sockeye acceptable would never dream of doing it for coho or chinook. T Many consider the sockeye as a food fish and believe that any from of harvest is acceptable for food fish.

But they use long rods because that's what the stores carry and that's what the need to fish floats when they are fishing for other fish with floats.