RA3,
I used to do a lot of 'dapping' when I was a kid. I'd fish very small creeks with a long rod, just a few feet of line out and sneek up on a small pool and dap either a dry fly on the surface or something like a wooly bugger jus under the surface. Sometimes I had to make a short 'cast' go get under some branches or to get a short drift. I would either use an old fiberglass fly rod or spinning rod depending on my mood. So was I fly fishing or gear fishing?