Originating among the salmon and steelhead anglers of the Pacific Northwest, bobber doggin is a drifting presentation with one modification, the weight is set low enough to drag along the bottom. Doing so ensures the presentation will be down as low as it can go, in spite of fluctuating depth through the contours of a streambed.
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