True enough, I guess because I learned to steelhead via drifting that something about floats doesn't seem right. Maybe it's losing the tactile feel of your slinky bouncing along the bottom and then the head shake of a steelhead grabbing the gear. You lose that with float fishing. Don't get me wrong - I think it's great that guys did so well with the floats today. It's just I love that charge of energy as you feel the take and yell "fish on!". But I agree, drift fishing can drive one nuts with lost gear, re-tying, etc. It's no wonder the floats do better, less down fishing time, easy to see a take-down than feel a subtle take.