For the past 8 years I have found myself nymphing although I will occasionally use dries, especially terrestrials. In one of Joe Humphreys' nymphing books, he states he doesn't use surface indicators because he always wants to be in contact with the feel of the line rather than use a sight indicator. There is also the claim that a landing indicator can/does spook fish. The typical leader set up for Euro nymphing is to include a length of 18-24 inches of a colored indicator mono. I also have seen indicator set ups where 6-8" strands of "leg" tying material is fastened to the butt end of the indicator material to better track the indicator that is kept kept out or barely in the water in Euro nymphing.
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