Does lifting a line off the water cause noise that puts down fish?

[tigfly]

If you go back to "Lessons with Lefty" he'll show you how to pick a line off the water.

I haven't read the MAFF article that started this thread, so I may be totally off base with this. But I would tend to agree that the best backcasts start with pickup under enough tension that the leader is about all that is still in contact with the water. I have Joan Wullfs flycasting book and video, and have read both Jaworowski's "The Cast" and Kreh's "Longer Flycasting" and they teach the same thing. So I think if you are starting the backcast the way Kreh, Wullf, and Jaworowski all recommend you are only lifting the leader.