Getting back to fishing..... what's your favorite strike indicator..

[Woolly Bugger]

be as specific as possible... color, style, size, and reason!

o-o o-o o-o

[Shane]

A tight line.

S

[Trout Maharishi]

What was that thing that Allen Howell dude invented to be used as an indicator? The vindicator or ballocater or something like that. I was gonna make one but he kinda dropped out of sight before I could get some good directions

[Psycho_Fisher]

I like yellow in high vis, orange in low.  I use various yarns, rarely pinch-ons, and only snoopy bobbers when steelhead fishing (or using JT's rod).  As far as size... as small as I can keep floating with the particular fly, shot, waterspeed/depth, etc.  Sometimes my "indy" will be as bigg as a dandylion, others smaller than peanut.

Did that help? 

[troutphisher]

Hu?

whats and indicator? anybody got a pic?

Thanks in advance, you guys are the best         

TP

[teachrtec]

A foam bait rig float cut half into with a bandsaw and a tooth pick to hold the line in place. Bigger flies or weight. Cheap and effective. Red and white or orange and white. White closer to the flies.

Shallower nymph a Kaufman Stimulator or such.

I have been tring the Rio Kahuna for a drift were the indicator scaring the fish. Lands lite floats pretty well and casts easy.

A piece of white insulation off a CAT 5 internet cable works for a good 'dredging indicator'. Fixed mid way down the leader.

I don't high stick much. Practice it in the DH. Target rich enviroment  :)

[natureboy]

Trying to ween myself off them, by practicing on bluegills, haven't done it yet though.  I use the twist on, with a rubber band holding it together, about the size of a multivitamin pill, big flies I'll use two of em.  They're half florescent yellow, florescent orange.  They're easy to adjust the depth with, kind of expensive though.

[teachrtec]

The bait rig floats are pretty cheap 25 for $2.40. The twist on ones are what drove me to them.
http://www.jannsnetcraft.com/baitrigflt/315200.aspx

[phg]

Peewee gave me some chartreuse Bio-Strike a year ago.  I find I like the Bio-Strike, but I often have difficulty seeing the chartreuse.  My choice of color would be hunter-orange or day-glow red.  I use a pinch about the size of a pea and taper it into a torpedo shape.  I like to keep it small enough that it just barely floats.  That way, in turbulent runs, the fly can go deep, but, if the water is clear, I can still see the indicator.

[streamer]

I use a 1 gallon milk jug and a 2 oz. surf sinker. I paint the milk jug in camo colors so it doesn't frighten the fish.

Here's a picture I drew:


Streamer

[richard bernabe]

This thread is funny for so many different reasons.

Please, lets hear more.

[troutphisher]

Thanks Guys! your a real swell bunch!  

From the pic's and descriptions, I think I have a good Handel on what indicators are now.

I can't wait to try them out!  0--0

PS,
The orange side up, right?

[teachrtec]

 

[Gofisher]

Take an average size condom, blow up about 1/3 of it. Tie it with a clove hitch to your line. Voila.

[troutphisher]

Darn, Mr Gofisher.

Geez, now I am really confused. Rubber or cork 

Can sombody explaine the pro's and con's

Thanks
TP