The 1st time I saw flossing was 10 yrs. ago on the Trinity. 7-8' leaders a corky, puffball or single bead & a 1/0-2/0 barbless hook and 9-10' spinning rigs. Lots of casting & ripping with many more hookups than the bait or hardware gang. When one of the kings found it's way into a net the barbless hook conveniently fell out in the net & no one but the guy on the end of the rod knew where it was really hooked. Ironically Cal. F&G has regs that prevent you from using leaders less than 18" but to date don't deal with "long" leaders. The flossing debate will go on a long time & I guess it just comes down to a matter of style until it's outlawed by WDFW?