Flyfishing Without An Indicator

[Gavin]

Laker's tip about visualization is key. You should always try to see or visualize what your fly is doing under the water. Polarized glasses are a must. Fish can hit and spit w/o affecting the indicator or you feeling the hit, and that probably happens more often than not. Fish the water close to you first, add a couple feet of line to the cast and try again, adjust weight, and/or change indi depth if needed. If you arent adding and removing shot and/or adjusting your your indi often, you arent fishing effectively. Cheers.

[jwpage]

Thanks for all of the wise input. I especially like the advice of lifting your fly rod 45 degrees above the water and following the line down. That seems to be a way of detecting strikes without an indicator or "thingamabobber". LOL. I really appreciate all of the advice.

John

[kdan]

Gee, Gavin and Laker you all sound pretty savy on the no indicator. I say you are "right on" with your information. I can't add anything, so hope you injoy your new found chanlenge, its great.

[Zach Bearden]

Okay, this isn't really something I can explain through text but I'll give it a shot.

Fishing without an indicator can be pretty rough sometimes. It takes plenty of practice and patience. You will miss a lot of fish when you first start out. In slower water I really like to grease the first 5 foot of my fly line, cast up stream with a single nymph, watch the tip and when it ticks set the hook.

There are tons of ways to nymph without the bobber but I hate explaining things through text. Next time you come down tell me and maybe we can get together and I'll show you a few ways. Just send me a message.

[jwpage]

Thanks for all of the advice. Definitely given me something to go on now. Thanks Zach for the offer. I will definitely give you a heads up when I am going again. Any help would be great. Tight Lines!

John

Okay, this isn't really something I can explain through text but I'll give it a shot.

Fishing without an indicator can be pretty rough sometimes. It takes plenty of practice and patience. You will miss a lot of fish when you first start out. In slower water I really like to grease the first 5 foot of my fly line, cast up stream with a single nymph, watch the tip and when it ticks set the hook.

There are tons of ways to nymph without the bobber but I hate explaining things through text. Next time you come down tell me and maybe we can get together and I'll show you a few ways. Just send me a message.