They do work well but they kink up your leader when you loop them in.
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They do work well but they kink up your leader when you loop them in.
i've been using them for about 2 years as my primary adjustable indicator. i think they float more weight for their mass than anything else i've tried. that's a fairly big deal when it comes to an indicator. as for the whole "more sensitive" thing most folks rave about...i haven't noticed. they do really put a serious kink in the leader! i still prefer a palsa foam indicator to anything else when it comes to sensitivity and castability. dang things just aren't adjustable and gunk up the leader. the other indicator i actually like is the little football w/the surgical tube through it from lightning strike (wapsi) in the 1/2 orange 1/2 yellow. these are very adjustable, don't kink your leader, and are very sensitive. the drawback here is they will fall off now and then. so you will lose them over time. when i was using them as my primaries, i would go through a pack of 4 in about 8-10 days of fishing. i have only lost 1 thingamabobber. i dropped it in a swift current.
The biggest problem that I have with round bobbers/ indicators is that direction of the fly is sometimes questionable. While these are not as easy to change depth, with the long slender indicator I can better tell where my fly is and see slighter movements. I prefer to use these Lindy walleye floats.
They work GREAT for me, never heard of one leaking?
Then you'd like the Thingamabobbers in the zebra stripe black & white, orange, or pink...the Sharpie Series, I think they're called. ;)Quote:
If I made them, I would also make a version in contrasting light and dark colors. A half white and half black indicator would be visible in low light and bright light conditions
Or you could just color half a Thingamabobber with a Sharpie.