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Fly Fishing Specialties :: Accessories :: Indicators
Strike indicators have received a great deal of attention in the past few years because they transform dead-drift nymph fishing into a relatively easily accomplished tactic. However, these tiny floats are not of modern-day conception. In her book, "A Treatise on Fishing with an Angle," Dame Juliana Berners instructed the anglers of the 15th century: "For the trout take a piece of cork no bigger than a garden pea and burn it through with a hot iron, and that shall be your float." Five hundred years have passed since the publication of the Dame's book, but the advice is still as sound today as when it was first set upon the page.
Strike indicators are not bobbers. A bobber is a float, to be sure, but it is large enough to suspend the bait and any attached weight at a desired depth. Strike indicators do only what the name implies: indicate the fish's take. They are so small that they usually cannot suspend the bait, lure, or fly. They are so small that they create no resistance to the fish when it takes the angler's offering. They are small, but boy! are they effective.
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WestWater Products Thingamabobber
Save your fly floatant for your dry flies! These great strike indicators are more sensitive and cast easier (ie - doesn't act like a parachute) than a yarn indicator.
Our price: $5.49
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