Just curious as to if any of you could shed some light on a technique I saw this past Sunday on the lower Saluda. I was casting spinners and Berkley Powerbait on ultralights around the upper rapids as I am still not very good at flycasting with the stronger winds.
A couple of guys were wading and one was flycasting what appeared to be a reddish colored sponge above the tippet and a sinking fly. The sponge stayed afloat and the fly would sink below. He caught several trout while I was watching him. Does this sound right or like a technique that is commonly used? Like I said, I am totally new to flycasting for trout and I had never before seen this technique. Most guys I have witnessed in the area usually are just using different floating flies. I really wanted to ask him about it as most everyone I have met there has been pretty cordial and helpful, but he really ticked off my buddy when he cut through right on top of him and then began casting and wading right where I was.
Any input is most greatly appreciated from you guys.
what you saw was an indicator. same concept as a bobber
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Thanks, flyfishin. I just wanted to verify what I thought I saw. It seemed to work pretty well for him.
You can also use a dry fly such as a stimulator or Adams parachute as an indicator. I typically have more success with these rather a regular foam indicator. My theory on this is that the larger dry fly gets the attention of the fish and as it approaches it sees the wet fly and then BAM!
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Shadowgrass, that sounds like a more appropriate approach to me. The guy I am referring to was using what we consider to be a rather large piece of sponge-like material. It did not really do anything upon landing on the surface, but my buddy and I could not help but think that such a large indicator would have to have been a hinderence to catching the trout. We say that because of the extreme clarity of the water this past weekend. We think the fish would move away from it rather than ignore it to eventually see the attached fly. Your technique seems to make a whole lot more sense to us. I will hopefully try that in the coming weeks. I have been doing pretty well with some decent sized fish by freelining eggs and artificials, but I still want to advance my fly skills and this seems tto be something I can do pretty easily.
Thanks to you and flyfishn for your input and I hopefully will run into you this weekend or another out there.