08-09-2010, 02:26 AM
You guys got it right. You can't cast 30' of mono, but you can use it as a strike indicator which is what I do. I use up to 5 different nymphs at the same time 8-12" apart all in different colors when searching for fish. Using the slip float I can easily adjust the depth of my flies to find where the fish are feeding and then narrow down the color. If I am fishing a creek like Birch creek, I would use a floating fly like a hopper for an indicator since Birch creek is about the same depth. When I fish creeks or rivers with deep holes, I use the slip float so I can fish the shallow water and then when I get to a hole, I adjust the float and drop the nymphs down deep. It is easier than tying a new length of leader on the dropper every time you come to a hole. You do have to set the peg in the float a little tighter to cast, but if the fish is big enough, it will release and float like it is suppose to. If it does not come loose, then the fish just is not big enough and will be going back to grow up. Most of the time when you set the hook it will release. This does work well for BG also.
I have fished along side friends who give me crap about using the float. They say using a regular fly is better since they are die hard fly fishermen. They use to always joke about my "Bobber", but after a few fishing trips and countless times out fishing them, they do not seem to joke about it much any more. I think some people just get stuck in a rut and have a hard time trying new things.
I think the reason I do better with the float is since it has a good buoyancy, it gives a little tension on the dropper fly or nymph when a fish takes it. It seems to make it a little harder for them to spit it out like a regular floating fly that has very little buoyancy. I seem to loose less fish with the float. Maybe it is just in my head.
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I have fished along side friends who give me crap about using the float. They say using a regular fly is better since they are die hard fly fishermen. They use to always joke about my "Bobber", but after a few fishing trips and countless times out fishing them, they do not seem to joke about it much any more. I think some people just get stuck in a rut and have a hard time trying new things.
I think the reason I do better with the float is since it has a good buoyancy, it gives a little tension on the dropper fly or nymph when a fish takes it. It seems to make it a little harder for them to spit it out like a regular floating fly that has very little buoyancy. I seem to loose less fish with the float. Maybe it is just in my head.
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