05-17-2012, 03:59 AM
Greetings,
To preface this, I have always used an indicator while fishing streams/rivers.
I am curious as to how many "experienced" fishers always use an indicator.
What are the advantages/di
vantages? (Common sense tells me it affects a natural drift of a nymph)
How do you learn not to fish with an indicator? In other words, what are you looking for when nymphing? Tight pull on your line, watch your fly line, and a flash of where you "think" your fly floats down the river?
I get frustrated after the first 10-15 minutes of no fish. I then wonder if something else might work. Unfortunately, I always stay with what has caught fish in the past. I seem to talk my self into it. I know there is a fish in that hole. This has to work. It usually ends up with me moving to the next hole just to repeat the whole process.
Good luck!
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To preface this, I have always used an indicator while fishing streams/rivers.
I am curious as to how many "experienced" fishers always use an indicator.
What are the advantages/di
vantages? (Common sense tells me it affects a natural drift of a nymph)How do you learn not to fish with an indicator? In other words, what are you looking for when nymphing? Tight pull on your line, watch your fly line, and a flash of where you "think" your fly floats down the river?
I get frustrated after the first 10-15 minutes of no fish. I then wonder if something else might work. Unfortunately, I always stay with what has caught fish in the past. I seem to talk my self into it. I know there is a fish in that hole. This has to work. It usually ends up with me moving to the next hole just to repeat the whole process.
Good luck!
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