Spawnout - I agree with you. If the fish doesn't take it voluntarily, I personally don't find that as rewarding and sporting. I've found when fishing those same spots, the fish just won't bite - so I usually move on. But I've fished many deep pools loaded with fish where my slowly sinking fly gets nabbed (i could see it happen most of the time) by a fish breaking free of the others. Just because they school up doesn't mean they won't bite. If I find that I snag and\or floss fish too often in a particular spot, I either switch to a spinning rod with a float\jig or with my fly rod - use a shorter leader and a big strike indicator (float) to keep the fly or jig well above the fish. Then when a fish rises up and slams it, there is no question...