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

[Silver Creek]

Lee,


But the original quote was to "retrieve the line so only the leader is lifted of the water." With the C cast pickup, you do not retrieve the line.

Lefty Kreh writes that lifting the line, even a foot of it, off the water will cause noise underwater that will put down fish. He recommends, therefore, retrieving line so that only the leader is lifted off the water.

I think that is point of contention. Do you really need to ALWAYS "retrieve the line". It think not and that is why I believe that Left is directing this comment only at certain situations.