Overrated Hands... Opinion on Flushes

[directscooter]

Sorry if I missed previous posts on this, but trying to put flush into the search function comes out with too much. Been only playing online for a few months but between the play and reading this board all week while at work I feel I have learned a ton.
Is there anyone else out there who hates flushes? Everything about them.... when I started playing I was in on every Ax suited and Kx suited, now I am down to like 6 or seven combos and play my suited connectors more for the straight then the flush.
Seems like straights can pull down big hands and flushes really do not.
I play very straight forward, riding my good hands for all they are worth, but this doesn't work with flushes. As soon as someone sees three diamonds on the board and a person puts out a bet, the table goes silent. Anyone have any good suggestion on how to play made flushes, two suited cards preflop, etc. Does anyone use this lack of action on a 3 of one suit board to their advantage and take down a lot of pots?
Thanks.