How To Set Up A Thingamabobber Right Angle Nymphing System

[MaxDrown]

How to set up a thingamabobber right angle nymphing system: http://oregonflyfishingblog.com/2009/07/17...ymphing-system/

[Paola Cat]

Interesting. I like the right angle approach. On a related topic .... It seems that the guys out west tend to use larger thingamabobbers. I typically use the small size around here .... out there I see most of the guys using the medium and even the large sizes. Not sure why. PC

[John Berry]

I use the medium size because they are much easier to see especially on low light conditions.

[dgames]

This method reminds me of a strike indicator method I learned from a guide on the San Juan in NM in the 90s. That guide had us using just about a 1 foot section of chartreuse amnesia line with a loop on the end. He put a antron yarn indicator on the amnesia about an inch or so from the loop at its end. He then tied 5x tippet directly to the loop with a clinch not and varied the length based on the depth of water we were fishing. The 5x extended all the way to the first fly

His reasoning behind the system was that the entire leader was 5x which sinks much faster than a thicker tapered leader. In particular, he thought this system was most effective in getting the fly deep quickly in the deep water of the Texas hole. This thingamabobber rig shares that same concept.

You can shorten the length of this tippet quickly with this system because it is pretty quick an easy to cut off a piece and re-tie a clinch not on the amnesia loop (much easier than tying to the eye of a #20 wd40). Lengthening obviously takes a bit more time.

I like this system if I am planning to indicator nymph fish all day. The down side is that it is a pain to switch from this to a good dry fly leader.

[Paola Cat]

I've got a couple bags of the mediums .... I haven't given them a try yet. Probably would be easier on the eyes. I've been fishing the small ones for over a year and I like them. PC

[MaxDrown]

I caught a bunch of fish using the mediums on the Eleven Point.

[Snow Fly]

First time I used one was on the NF of White from a drift boat with two heavy weighted flies deep, even with the weight the medium size stayed high on the water and was very sensitive. I had broke off using my old indicators and my friend gave me a rod already rigged for we wouldn't lose any time on the drift. I looked and thought what the s*^&#^# is this ....well I fell in love with them and have continued to use them.......little problem with the small on 6/7x tippet with sliding but not that much of a problem to give them up......also seem to work better on the cast than other I have used in the past......

[Brian Wise]

Believe it or not Snow Fly on regular water (i.e. not the water we have now) the small Thingamabobber works well on the NFOW too....really suprised me!

Brian

[ness]

Being a well-known and sought after Ozark fly fishing legend, I get a lot of calls from companies wanting me to try out their products, give them feedback, tell them how to run their business, etc.

I got a call from Thingamabobber CEO Jean-Claude Gaibeaux last summer, asking me to come to their company picnic and kinda get the troops excited about their new product. I'd never met him face-to-face, so I didn't really know what to expect. Anyhoo, they had a big parade for me:

I gave them a rousing speech, then got the heck outta Dodge.

[ColdWaterFshr]

Why the black speedos, Ness, and not your floral ones?

I tend to agree, they are gay, but for fishing heavy nymphs real deep, you have to look past their orientation and just roll with it, they do work. Tucker and Wise loaned some to a few of us feckless fishers back in February on a cold, raw, high-water float trip on the North Fork and our success immediately improved. They can float an anvil.