Ok, calm down now. No more of this Canadian/American turmoil over floatfishing. And NO, not all of our takes with spoons/spinners are rod pulled out of our hands. Alot of us can tell the gentle grab of a steelhead as opposed to the natural rhythm of a spoon/spinner.

I learned how to float fish back in 1987 when I was an exchange student in Germany. Had friends who were diplomats in Parliament in Germany and arranged a few fishing trips in England for me. (They also arranged some browntrout flyfishing excursions in Europe too). Well, I can't remember the names of the rivers, but I do remember using the floats. They were a bit odd looking, but very similar to thills. It wasn't until I came back that I tried using them with bait in some slots that were way too slow for driftfishing and plugs. Just shortly after that I found a friend who was using jigs. Started running them under my floats and they started to score. So, to this day I still use the thill type floats. I just color in any light colored pieces for summer conditions.

You know, there can be a mastery of an activity. If you fish in one particular way 90% of the time you'll catch all your fish that way. I can hands down say that I've caught a hell of alot more fish driftfishing. But, I don't fish ONE particular way all the time. Limiting yourself to one style can limit your field of vision. I can catch fish in various methods (that's when I'm able to go fishing that is which is hard to do with two small kids). Right now jigs are the fad, but what's next? Oh well, I won't beat a dead horse here.

RT, knowing Os's situation, I can wholly understand him being a bit testy (that's if he's testy, looks more like Os to me). I myself was laid up with a back injury. Between being doped up with meds and literally being hit with SEVERE cabin fever I was going crazy. Having this BB as a medium to live through others helps for about 30 seconds until you realize you're NOT FISHING!!!! Man, I remember trying to fish (against doctors orders) and being absolutely miserable from pain and had to stop fishing after an hour. It sucks. If all else fails you may need to give him some slack. Once he gets a rod in his hand and gets some more time on the water he'll be fine.

Just my .02 here. Hope this may have helped a bit.