I would have to agree that a drag-free drift can be attained with other forms of tackle. The long rod is the biggest advantage and if you are already using a 13' raptor rod works float rod you are way ahead of the game. I don't pin right now just because I found it to be a better bank activity(for me) than a boat technique.
Isaac
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We have reached the time in the life of the planet, and humanity's demand upon it, when every fisherman will have to be a riverkeeper, a steward of marine shallows... We are beyond having to put back what we have taken out. We must put back more than we take out. Tom Mcguane