Curly Q Indicator

[mario66pens]

Does anybody have any experience with french nymphing and the curly Q indicator? When you get a take, does the sighter stretch out completely?

 

[trout_stalker]

It can, depending on how hard the take was, but you're also looking for what you perceive to be an abnormal stretch. It's no different than using a strike indicator.

 

[Dale49]

Agree with Trout-Stalker. Sometimes you will only see a slight movement on the curlies next to the tippet. To be honest, I've never had a strike where the enire Curly-Q straighten out.

 

[mike_richardson]

I am more of a fan of just a bright section of mono in your leader. The curly q gets annoying to keep set up correctly. I think the plain bright mono is easier to detect a strike.

 

[flipnfly]

you have to really study it when your fly gets a take or anyhting interferes with it the indicator will stretch out slowly i would feel it was too late if it were completely stretched out or snagged everything about fishing that way dead upstream curly q micro nymphs no weight is deadly but yet its delecate talk to heritage angler he will clue you in on it he's the one that had me doing it ( catching carp in spring creek)

 

[mario66pens]

I was wondering if you only put two or three loops in it, if it would make it more sensitive, I feel like I dont need 17 loops riding on the surface.

 

[PennKev]

mike_richardson wrote:
I am more of a fan of just a bright section of mono in your leader. The curly q gets annoying to keep set up correctly. I think the plain bright mono is easier to detect a strike.

Two different sighters/indicators for two different applications.

 

[PennKev]

mario66pens wrote:
I was wondering if you only put two or three loops in it, if it would make it more sensitive, I feel like I dont need 17 loops riding on the surface.

In my experience you see the strike by means of all the coils. They all just start spreading apart. I would imagine that this movement would be harder to see with less coils.