I dont have any pictures of the set up but I can make some this evening and I will post them tonigh. I use the football style strike indicators. Usually fish 6 to 8 feet deep. The fish usually hit that jig system a lot like a crappie will on the fall and redear will sometimes just make the strike twitch a little bit.
Anyone else that uses this system please chime in.
I've never really found an indicator I liked. Consequently, I don't use this method. But I found a couple of good threads from people who do. I must admit, I like the idea of using the little Thill float.
Try this. I use it on occasion. I typically don't use a strike indicator but I do use it once in a while when I think conditions might favor it. Link below.
If you don't use a strike indicator, how do you detect strikes? I have been flyfishing for a while now and I have seen guys do it( nymphing) But I can't figure it out.
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If you don't use a strike indicator, how do you detect strikes? I have been flyfishing for a while now and I have seen guys do it( nymphing) But I can't figure it out.
For gills, I use a slow, hand twist retrieve. They will nail it just like a crappie does with a jig. There's no mistaking the bite!
For trout, all the best nymphers I know use a strike indicator. There are some, though, that refuse to use them. I'm really not sure how they detect strikes. Joe Humpheys, one of the true old masters, is a great nympher, but he does not use a strike indicator. He tends to watch for movement in the line itself. A lot of the European fly guys do this also.
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Of course I can't speak for other folks, but I watch the leader and the line as well as feel the bite through the line. Taps and tugs count as bites also, not just line pulls. Be prepared to wrist set the hook. It doesn't take much to set the hook. No good old bass boy hauling back rod bending hook set. If the fish doesn't get hooked, continue to strip line and manipulate the fly as usual until the next bite. I only need to recast when most all of the line has been stripped in. However, I fish topwater different and depends on the type of surface fly. After casting, I let a popper (slider, pusher, foam bug, or other) set for a while with maybe one or two "pops", then I recast again. Dry flies and other such flies I generally let sit on the water with little or no manipulation riding the drift until I recast.
Ditto to Kevin. Slow creeping retrieve with pauses or slow strips with pauses.
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Try this. I use it on occasion. I typically don't use a strike indicator but I do use it once in a while when I think conditions might favor it. Link below.
Of course I can't speak for other folks, but I watch the leader and the line as well as feel the bite through the line. Taps and tugs count as bites also, not just line pulls. Be prepared to wrist set the hook. It doesn't take much to set the hook. No good old bass boy hauling back rod bending hook set. If the fish doesn't get hooked, continue to strip line and manipulate the fly as usual until the next bite. I only need to recast when most all of the line has been stripped in. However, I fish topwater different and depends on the type of surface fly. After casting, I let a popper (slider, pusher, foam bug, or other) set for a while with maybe one or two "pops", then I recast again. Dry flies and other such flies I generally let sit on the water with little or no manipulation riding the drift until I recast.
Ditto to Kevin. Slow creeping retrieve with pauses or slow strips with pauses.
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Originally Posted by deathb4disco
For gills, I use a slow, hand twist retrieve. They will nail it just like a crappie does with a jig. There's no mistaking the bite!
For trout, all the best nymphers I know use a strike indicator. There are some, though, that refuse to use them. I'm really not sure how they detect strikes. Joe Humpheys, one of the true old masters, is a great nympher, but he does not use a strike indicator. He tends to watch for movement in the line itself. A lot of the European fly guys do this also.
Thanks for the info, I was beginning to wonder if it was just a crapshoot
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The ideal time for me to use a strike indicator is when the fish are suspending rather than being near or at the surface or rather than being deep. Suspending means the fish are hanging at a middle depth in the water column. That is what I meant by when conditions favor a strike indicator or float.
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