The biggest reason for wanting to strip is I've seen the fish react to lightweight twitching jigs (like 1/16 oz). From my experience kings like a more horizontal jigging motion than say coho. It's so hard to get a jig that small into the zone and work it effectively with a gear rod that's set for fish that size. And dialing down my gear to fish it leads to long, albeit fun fights that tend to exhaust wild fish I encounter too much for my liking. I'm hoping that by using a fly rod I'll be able to present a fly tied similarly to small to medium sized twiching jig in that horizontal twitch by stripping. Also think I'd be able to put enough pressure on the fish to land it before it's completely spent so I can release any wilds in much better condition.