08-13-2013, 02:10 PM
Slip indicators was an idea my hubby and I came across many years ago while fishing a lake.
When Chironomiding, we are fishing sometimes 30' deep. While on this lake there were two locals that had this down to a science, but every time a fish was on, they struggled trying to get the indicator off so they could reel in.
My hubby found this indicator somewhere, I think a Canadian site and we asked a local store owner about his ability to get them. He found someone that could indeed make them and the rest was history.
They are styrofoam balls or eggs with a plastic peg. You use floating line and attach straight fishing line (your choice of which) to the fly line as the leader. Slide the indy and the peg (your choice which direction) onto you leader. Using sonar you find the depth, then you measure out the leader making it one foot or more from the bottom. Set the indy and let it suspend the Chironomid off the bottom.
You can run three chironomids on this leader spreading them 2 to 3 feet apart as well.
Most fishing stores (and myself) sell these indicators and I have a video on my blog demoing how to use them.
One of my favorite ways to fish.
Note: this can also be done with a fast sinking line like a Type VII and marking the line for different feet. Cast out only what the depth is, let it sit, then slow retrieve.
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When Chironomiding, we are fishing sometimes 30' deep. While on this lake there were two locals that had this down to a science, but every time a fish was on, they struggled trying to get the indicator off so they could reel in.
My hubby found this indicator somewhere, I think a Canadian site and we asked a local store owner about his ability to get them. He found someone that could indeed make them and the rest was history.
They are styrofoam balls or eggs with a plastic peg. You use floating line and attach straight fishing line (your choice of which) to the fly line as the leader. Slide the indy and the peg (your choice which direction) onto you leader. Using sonar you find the depth, then you measure out the leader making it one foot or more from the bottom. Set the indy and let it suspend the Chironomid off the bottom.
You can run three chironomids on this leader spreading them 2 to 3 feet apart as well.
Most fishing stores (and myself) sell these indicators and I have a video on my blog demoing how to use them.
One of my favorite ways to fish.
Note: this can also be done with a fast sinking line like a Type VII and marking the line for different feet. Cast out only what the depth is, let it sit, then slow retrieve.
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