How much weight are you adding in order to get your leader to slide through the indicator after a cast? I’ve tried this same set-up many times, and even with about 1/16 oz of weight, in addition to the weighted flies, its till not enough to overcome the friction and allow the flies to sink deep enough for the indicator to reach the bobber stops. The only way I’ve gotten it to work is casting close enough to be able to high-stick all the line off of the water and slowly lower the rod tip to feed the line through the indicator. Tried it with jaydacators and a few others. I actually still really like fishing it that way, because often times, when fishing that deep, it’s most effective to have the indicator right next to the boat. However, at that point, I might as well just do a long-line dangle with a sinking line. Just curious to hear if others are actually able to get this method to work with a full-length cast.
How much weight are you adding in order to get your leader to slide through the indicator after a cast? I’ve tried this same set-up many times, and even with about 1/16 oz of weight, in addition to the weighted flies, its till not enough to overcome the friction and allow the flies to sink deep enough for the indicator to reach the bobber stops. The only way I’ve gotten it to work is casting close enough to be able to high-stick all the line off of the water and slowly lower the rod tip to feed the line through the indicator. Tried it with jaydacators and a few others. I actually still really like fishing it that way, because often times, when fishing that deep, it’s most effective to have the indicator right next to the boat. However, at that point, I might as well just do a long-line dangle with a sinking line. Just curious to hear if others are actually able to get this method to work with a full-length cast.