Jeremy, I have herd that yarn thing on numerous occasions, the stalled or snagged in teeth thing. Have you ever seen any videos or documentation. I can not find any. I use yarn with the corkies, and do better than without the yarn, but I am not sure why. (Yarn does catch more fish, so don't fix it if it ain't broken) Does the yarn generate more strikes, a more aggressive strike, snag the teeth, better resemble natural eggs or flesh or maybe something else. Added yarn and yarn alone often generates strikes with other salmon vs. no strikes without it. I have an engineers mentality so I am always looking for solid answers vs. fishing folklore. I am guessing the powerbait oder generates an instinctive feeding reaction or causes the fish to hold the bait longer, just as real roe "usually" out fishes artificial roe. Again that is a quantified guess as the bait is here and gone in a fast moving river. Answers catch more fish than guesses. That being said, sometimes the answer is just "because it works"

Jeremy, I have herd that yarn thing on numerous occasions, the stalled or snagged in teeth thing. Have you ever seen any videos or documentation. I can not find any. I use yarn with the corkies, and do better than without the yarn, but I am not sure why. (Yarn does catch more fish, so don't fix it if it ain't broken) Does the yarn generate more strikes, a more aggressive strike, snag the teeth, better resemble natural eggs or flesh or maybe something else. Added yarn and yarn alone often generates strikes with other salmon vs. no strikes without it. I have an engineers mentality so I am always looking for solid answers vs. fishing folklore. I am guessing the powerbait oder generates an instinctive feeding reaction or causes the fish to hold the bait longer, just as real roe "usually" out fishes artificial roe. Again that is a quantified guess as the bait is here and gone in a fast moving river. Answers catch more fish than guesses. That being said, sometimes the answer is just "because it works"