I agree with Rick. Time of year and available food can be a major factor in the mood of the fish toward food sources. I don't use or need strike indicators. The takes are much lighter and taken deeper it seems with nymphs at certain times of the year than with other flies but I can still detect the takes through the movement of the fly line as long as I keep the fly line as straight as possible. I have also had times when the takes of my damselfly nymphs have been very agressive (almost as soon as it hits the water or on the drop). I tend to get more light takes on the retrieve in between line strips when the fly is at rest (or dropping again).


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Robert B. McCorquodale
Sebring, FL

"Flip a fly"

[This message has been edited by dixieangler (edited 04 April 2005).]