Salvelinusfontinali wrote:
Just my two cents, Im a beginner so take this with a grain of salt.
I've never had luck fishing with an indicator, always felt like it screwed up my drift.
So I've been fishing tight line "euro" style for a while now.
For a leader I use something similar to what twofly said.
The main goal is to only have one diameter of tippet/leader under the water. You don't want two different diameters under the water when "euro nymphing", this is due to drag on the lines, if you use a tapered leader, the heavier section of leader will drag more then your tippet section. So you want a (4x,5x,6x ect) tippet section 4-6'. Depending on average water depth. After that you can kinda do whatever you want, everyone prefers a different sighter.
Some guys like to run a all mono system, (25' + utilizing 20# as your fly line). I never had luck with that set up.. coiling is too much of an issue for me.
As far as strike indication, (not using indicators, only sighters), some people say you miss a lot of strikes. This is probably true, but you probably miss a lot with a indicator as well. Im sure I miss a lot of strikes but for me I've been way more successful with a tightline then with indicator, so Ill take the trade off of 'MAYBE' missing more strikes.
As far as flys... You want a heavy anchor fly, typically a tungsten bead in a size 14+ for your bottom fly. You can get away with running two smaller flys but youll just need to add shot.
I like a size 14 tungsten bead on the bottom and a smaller nymph 20" up tied off the tag end of a surgeon knot.
Hope this helps, again Im new to this but these are my experiances.