05-17-2012, 05:34 AM
I Always use one.
I use a small thingamabobber-
We're talking about fooling FISH, not rocket scientist- they really aren't THAT smart. I believe if you get the right fly to the right level, in the feeding lane, and they're looking for a morsel, they'll eat it.
If I'm NOT catching fish in a hole I KNOW has fish, I'm changing bugs until I find the one they want, not wondering if the indicator is causing a little unrealistic drift.
But that's just me...some guys will blame 0 fish on an indicator- and that's ok too... I don't mind fishing behind those guys.
Edit:
When I first started nymphing, I couldn't figure out how my buddy was catching 5 fish for every hit that I got, so he sat and watched me fish for about 3 minutes- at the end I had 0 fish and maybe 2 hits....I thought. He said I got hit on all but 1 or 2 casts, I just wasn't recognizing the light bumps as hits. I thought it was just bouncing off the bottom the whole time. He threw his line in and caught one first cast. Learning to recognize a light "hit" is key. Waiting for an indicator to come to a full pause isn't gonna produce as many fish.
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I use a small thingamabobber-
We're talking about fooling FISH, not rocket scientist- they really aren't THAT smart. I believe if you get the right fly to the right level, in the feeding lane, and they're looking for a morsel, they'll eat it.
If I'm NOT catching fish in a hole I KNOW has fish, I'm changing bugs until I find the one they want, not wondering if the indicator is causing a little unrealistic drift.
But that's just me...some guys will blame 0 fish on an indicator- and that's ok too... I don't mind fishing behind those guys.
Edit:
When I first started nymphing, I couldn't figure out how my buddy was catching 5 fish for every hit that I got, so he sat and watched me fish for about 3 minutes- at the end I had 0 fish and maybe 2 hits....I thought. He said I got hit on all but 1 or 2 casts, I just wasn't recognizing the light bumps as hits. I thought it was just bouncing off the bottom the whole time. He threw his line in and caught one first cast. Learning to recognize a light "hit" is key. Waiting for an indicator to come to a full pause isn't gonna produce as many fish.
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