When I used fish pimps, I used to seal the slot in front of the rubber tube with some Airflo float dough. Im not sure if Airflo still make this product but Lureflash do. I could fish for a few hours without loosing a fish pump. Try it.
I prefer home made New Zealand style strike indicators, easier to adjust, and don't fall off.
Best way to avoid loss is to thread line through the silicone tube and then twist the tube ends in opposite directions to lock in place.Should solve the diameter issue and still be adjustable with the caveat you cannot remove it without parting the leader the leader.Pimps vary in size too.Video does cover all bases.
This is a cool video must admit that like tom I don't like the idea of little bits of plastic floating around the river/sea...nicer to use a "yarn" indicator that will biodegrade (unless you manage to lose the plastic tube).
I'm not a great fan of the Fish Pimp type indicators as I use the NZ method with natural sheep wool. But I recognize that the wool is not the answer on more turbulent waters and so resort to the Pimps when necessary. They can be a bit of a pain when they come adrift. Threading the leader through the rubber insert and twisting it round once before pulling it into the slot in the indicator works OK, but means taking the leader apart if you want to switch methods. OK if you're going to stick to the one method all day, or if you carry a second rod rigged up for dries.
Like Bob I gave up on Fish Pimps a while back, but a piece of good advice from here that I found useful was not to use the rubber inserts. Instead, clip off some plastic "bristles" from a hair styling brush and use them as a peg, so that the pimp resembles a mini "fishing gazette" pike float. You need the bristles that are about 2mm thick, not the very thin ones.
I use the ones that you screw on to the line - the airlock strike indicators. More expensive but only lost one once when the loop on my fly line broke. You can get cheaper ones from China but I'm not sure how good they are.
I think the Thingamabobber ones are OK as they are easy to attach to and take off from the leader. The little half inch ones should be OK on our waters. I just hate the typical OTT Yank name.
I never thread the tippet thru the rubber. Perhaps I wrap it differently? I lay the tippet in the slot, beside the tubing, where I want the indicator. Pinch the very bottom of the indicator over top of the slot and the rubber protruding. Pull the rubber and tippet out of 75% of the slot from the top. In the same move, twist it between your thumb and forefinger 2 or 3 rotations. Hold that with a little stretch of the rubber and lay back into slot. Let it relax and test for sliding. I seldom lose them until my casting starts to fall apart.
Even as an indicator fan, I can't bring myself to use one of these. Upsets the cast being fitted not "inline", the smallest are too large, and the name is pandering to the lowest common denominator.
Too late to edit? Just realized I was promoting "Fish Pimps". (They are footballs in my head. Which also doesn't translate well.)
Even as an indicator fan, I can't bring myself to use one of these. Upsets the cast being fitted not "inline", the smallest are too large, and the name is pandering to the lowest common denominator.
If you watch some of the Youtube videos featuring Brian Chan fishing the lakes in British Columbia you will see that they don't have much of a problem casting the things. I don't particularly like them because I wonder about the resistance to a taking fish, but I doubt that will be an issue in fast water. I will definitely try one if ever I can get to Austria again before I fall off the perch.
You'll find it's nothing to do with your monofilament, more a reflection and judgement on your moral fibre. It's a form of natural justice that points out you're being 'a very naughty man' for 'float fishing' when any self and traditional respecting angler would eschew all but the dry fly.
When I use the fish pimps from fulling mill, I thread the mono through the rubber tube then grip both ends with thumbs and forefingers. Pull tight to stretch the rubber tube and twist in opposite direction to grip the mono. Never had one come off since I used this method.
I do not use the bit of rubber you get with them. I got some rubber bands just a bit bigger in diameter than the length of the pimp. Same colour. Put the line in the slot then from behind the pimp I put one side of the rubber band into the slot, then wrap the other side round the line and put it into the slot. And there it stays. Used to lose a fish pimp every three or four casts, now I have got the same lot I bought years ago. Wrapping the rubber band around the line, it cannot fly off
I have used them but don’t like them when I did I used a bit of cocktail stick in one end, they don’t move then.
Better off using the Dorsey method Douglas with the mini orthodontist bands.
S.
I only really like indicators that supply feedback of what's happening below.Yarn or booby cord indicators lie on there side when out of contact with your nymphs.When in contact they stand up.Very little feedback from thingamabobber types.Football one never used them .Looking forward to spring time.Then it will be duo/trio with poly yarn dry fly indicator.
I used an indicator for the first time at the weekend.
I got the ones that Craig Barr sells and you just attach them with a little dropper at the top of your leader.
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