Tips on fishing nymphs with an indicator

toof

Hi I have just recently discovered this method of fishing nymphs with an indicator. I was wondering if anyone has any experience with this and how they set up their leaders, how many nymphs, if more than one how to tie on after the first and what kind of nymphs etc? Any information helpful. Thanks in advance.

whelzer

toof wrote: »

Hi I have just recently discovered this method of fishing nymphs with an indicator. I was wondering if anyone has any experience with this and how they set up their leaders, how many nymphs, if more than one how to tie on after the first and what kind of nymphs etc? Any information helpful. Thanks in advance.

rivers or lakes?

toof

On rivers. Mainly river nore

whelzer

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On rivers. Mainly river nore

Fish the more myself out of durrow...
Right then starting with rod down - I use a 4wt for almost all my river fishing but would have used 6 and 5s in the past. Always use a floating line. You don't need an indicator as such and I've used them all on our rivers - unibobbers, wool, rugby ball shaped foam jobbys, stick on ones the lot. Imho they all spook too many fish. Nowadays I nail knot a length of flouresent nylon directly to the fly line and then loop to loop my leader to it. I use a black marker to make some 1cm bands on the sighter ie the nylon. Some floatant on this and you have a grand indicator. If that sounds like too much trouble get a small multi-coloured braided connector hends do nice pink and yellow one. For leader I use tapered nylon although so far this year I've just used straight nylon looped to my sighter. Tippet is always 2-4lb stroft. Depending on the water I some times use a dropper. For flies I use tungsten beaded hares ears or PTs almost 100%. I'd normally start with a 14 and see how it goes. If I not snagged on the bottom every few casts I either add a dropper or go up a size in flies. If snagging too often I'll come down in size. Tungsten gets them down nice and quick and the light leader assists. I'd cast no than 2 rods up and watch the sighter. Any pauses, dips strike. Fan cast all the way up and move up a step or two same again.. I love this style of fishing should be out there now but got stuck minding the kids. Check out YouTube lots of examples of this style of fishing mostly from USA but a few from uk that are more appropriate for us.

Good luck

Flysfisher

Whether indicators spook trout or not is tricky to determine. I think it all depends upon the water conditions on the day. Many anglers believe that the indicators spook trout. I know I have caught a lot of trout using them, how many have I spooked and not caught because of them?? Who knows, maybe a few maybe a lot. It's not determinable.

They do work. And they are better I feel when there is a bit of water and colour tint in the river.
If low and clear I wouldn't use them, I would just watch the leader.

rpmcmurphy

I've had wild trout attempt to take an oval shaped red indicator off the surface in fast riffles on a river. It may spook some fish but not all.