Advice Needed: Struggling with Wool Strike Indicators

[joebamboo]

Very seldom is there a need to go smaller than 5X.

 

[Broodstock]

Thanks for your advice. I'll definitely try keeping my loops more open and let the line straighten out. I'm using 7x tippet which is very light as far as I know, but I didn't know that wool indicators were air resistant. Good to know. I do tend to false cast a lot. I have gotten a small taste of topwater with small dry flies used on sunnies. I'll try a popper. Any suggestions as to brands or sizes?

No specific pattern. Stop into your local fly shop for some advice and an assortment of options. Smaller is generally better.

 

[gfenlikestolosepasswords]

7x line being too thin for indicators. I think next time I will try 6x with wider loops, less false casts, and I'll put the indicator on the thicker part of the leader, not the tippet.

Tippet size is best determined by fly size. Unless you're enjoying size 20 noseeums there's about zero reason to use 7x.

Size 12 flies are suited for 4x tippet. You'll find that 5x is generic enough to cover most anything. Since I started going out again, I only carry 4x and 5x anymore.

As for indicators, I might be alone in this opinion but I actually think the sticky-backed foam ones are the ones to start with. It takes a lot to get them to move no matter how spastic your casting is, eventually you'll refine everything and then I'd try ones like yarn or the llttle bobbers or whatever your thing is.

I rarely fish weighted flies, but like Bamboozle prefer the putty. I tend to put three tiny blobs spaced out, usually around knots in the leader, as a way to watch for the leader movign when fishing wet flies up or across.

 

[IsaacYampolsky]

Tippet size is best determined by fly size. Unless you're enjoying size 20 noseeums there's about zero reason to use 7x.

Size 12 flies are suited for 4x tippet. You'll find that 5x is generic enough to cover most anything. Since I started going out again, I only carry 4x and 5x anymore.

As for indicators, I might be alone in this opinion but I actually think the sticky-backed foam ones are the ones to start with. It takes a lot to get them to move no matter how spastic your casting is, eventually you'll refine everything and then I'd try ones like yarn or the llttle bobbers or whatever your thing is.

I rarely fish weighted flies, but like Bamboozle prefer the putty. I tend to put three tiny blobs spaced out, usually around knots in the leader, as a way to watch for the leader movign when fishing wet flies up or across.

I actually did start out with those. I might go back to them.