04-25-2016, 01:40 AM
I learned to fly fish at a young age with the Snake River for a back yard.
Started of with no designated indy as we could not afford them. BUT, I did fish dry dropper, which could be considered an indy with a hook.
I didn't use Indys for many years. I tried the yarn ones and absolutely hated them. Tried the stick ons and what a joke. The putty didn't totally suck but it definitely had its faults like coloring the line and hard to mold if cold, SO I dry droppered.
Then in the later 90's, I fell in love with deep nymphing using indicator and long leaders on stillwater. That got me hooked, however that was mainly Mids and Pupa. All other nymphs are a strip and sinking lines (again stillwater)
Rivers I found I still liked the sinking line stripping style.
And always Dry/Dropper.
I don't think of it as a crutch or even bad habit, but that's just me.
I fish daily and 6 out of 10 times it is under a Thingamabobber. The other 4 is under a Dry.
I catch fish, so don't see a need to change. It is still a challenge.
If I am teaching someone to fly fish, you bet I will be sharing what I do. Just my style.
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Started of with no designated indy as we could not afford them. BUT, I did fish dry dropper, which could be considered an indy with a hook.
I didn't use Indys for many years. I tried the yarn ones and absolutely hated them. Tried the stick ons and what a joke. The putty didn't totally suck but it definitely had its faults like coloring the line and hard to mold if cold, SO I dry droppered.
Then in the later 90's, I fell in love with deep nymphing using indicator and long leaders on stillwater. That got me hooked, however that was mainly Mids and Pupa. All other nymphs are a strip and sinking lines (again stillwater)
Rivers I found I still liked the sinking line stripping style.
And always Dry/Dropper.
I don't think of it as a crutch or even bad habit, but that's just me.
I fish daily and 6 out of 10 times it is under a Thingamabobber. The other 4 is under a Dry.
I catch fish, so don't see a need to change. It is still a challenge.
If I am teaching someone to fly fish, you bet I will be sharing what I do. Just my style.
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