Hi lastchance,

I tie some spiders/soft hackles on heavier gage hooks. This enables them to sink more quickly. Also, fishing them up stream helps them to sink (mending as you do, similar to Warren's article on no indicator fishing this week). If the current is really fast though, they may be held up (or pulled under, hard to say with currents) and using a weighted nymph to get them down helps a lot.

- Jeff