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I was watching this today and perked up, the guys were going fly fishing, but at the end I am sure I saw the guy cast in with a bobber, I have been fly fishing on occasion and never saw that, does it happen or did I miss something in the commercial?

You've been doing it wrong.

Ask your doctor if fly fishing is right for you.

Bobber? Lord no... When fly fishing sub-surface one uses a strike indicator.
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My mom is really into fly fishing. I always ask her if she's got her "fishing pole". She gets all pissed and says....."ROD"!

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Steve

What Moses said!

Strike indicators are used to help you detect strikes when nymph fishing. There are different kinds, some are foam, some plastic and some are colored yarn. We fly fishermen don't call them bobbers!

I use these. Strike indicators but called "Thingamabobbers" so I guess you could call it a bobber...
WestWater Products - THE THINGAMABOBBER

Only two species of fish that I have ever used a fly rod for are bonefish and tarpon. Completely different approach than freshwater fly fishing. That being said I have never seen a bobber or floater used. Then again we use a small crab for tarpon and traditional flies for bonefish.

all of my Fly Fishing was when I lived in Costa Rica, there were miles of estuary by the house, I kept my 14' Valco on the sand there. We never used anything like the round ball plastic bobber I saw in the commercial, or any kind of strike indicater. We mostly caught Snook and Mangrove Snapper. Crocodiles, Caymen, snakes and monkeys, keep your hands in the boat.

If you use surface flies then you don't use an indicator. I use them because the takes on nymphs are very soft and subtle, at least with trout. You set on any motion or drag on the indicator. Some nymphers use nymphing lines where the tip is colored which sort of acts like an indicator as well.

I have used thingamabobbers as well, they work nicely.

If you fly fish and are interested in catching more fish, I strongly recommend learning how to nymph. Trout eat about 95% of their diet subsurface. Yes, dry fly fishing is fun and dramatic but knowing how to nymph is the difference between catching 2 fish and catching 20 fish.

By the way, salt water fly fishing is a totally different animal. I doubt you would use indicators in salt water but I've never fished salt.

When dry fly fishing with size 24 flies, Ill put a small strike indicator a few feet from the fly. I've missed a lot of fish because I couldn't see tiny flies on the water.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1371752233.jpg

Darn, that is tiny.

Fluffy stuff.

This fly was probably tied by a watchmaker.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1371754677.jpg

24s are pretty tiny. I can see where a small leading indicator would be helpful there. The smallest dries I usually fish are 22s.