Method of fishing should be the last thing to be regulated/argued. I enjoy and partake in flyfishing, drift fishing, float fishing, plunking, and of course throwing metal. There is a time and a place for every method, to limit yourself and call yourself _____ fisherman is comical, it means you've got about 20% of the game figured out.

By selective gear rules and not fishing from a floating device you can still deploy just about any method you chose.