Originally Posted by
Bill Kiene semi-retired
Without indicators we would have tons more anglers who are still fishing conventional.
Without indicators we would have very few fly fishing guides.......sorry.
There is an art to indicator fishing....true.
There are top guides who fish all methods......class acts.
They go to streamers or indicators when nothing is happening on top.
Without Spey casting we would not have very many folks fishing the "old way", the classic way, swinging flies.
Very few winter runs would be caught on flies with the indicator, today.
When indicators entered the scene I had to put some in my vest so I could see how they worked.
We have a population of fly fishers who have caught tons of trout and steelhead with guides in drift boats but have never cast
without an indicator on their line. This is the part I am not happy about. And most of these dudes think they are bad ass too?
I lived through or witnessed every historic thing that happened in fly fishing over the pact 60 plus years.
There are a handful of old timers here on this Forum who also learned to fly fish without indictors.....a long time ago.
I only speak facts.......even if it hurts.
Today I only fish a floating line, tapered leader and unweighted fly.....90%.
When I deviate from that I don't enjoy the casting.
When you help people every day of your adult life in a fishing tackle store you learn things that no one else will know.
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