Tying and rigging the Dorsey Yarn Indicator
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- čas přidán 2. 02. 2021
- This yard indicator system was created Pat Dorsey out of Colorado. It's similar to a New Zealand indicator system, but I think it's even more simple and easy to use. It lands soft and is extra sensitive for those subtle takes, making it perfect for tailwaters and shallow-water nymphing. It can be tied in a variety of sizes to suspend heavier flies if required. Brush it out, add some floatant and this sucker will ride high all day.
Materials:
-Poly yarn: flyfishingcord.com/collection...
-1/4" orthodontist rubber bands: flyfishingcord.com/products/1...
-Thread
Buying one yard of yarn and a package of rubber bands is enough to tie a LIFETIME supply of yarn indicators, and gift some to your friends.
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Much easier to use small bit of rubber tube and loop the line as in the New Zealand wool indicator technique , takes seconds , at my age times running out, all the best, David.
Yeah the NZ system is stream side friendly for sure. If you have to adjust depth back and forth as you work upstream, it can play hell with your tippet. This rig shown here would be about the same in that regard I'm guessing.
I just double the leader back over the Orvis nail knot tool and wrap the rubber band around the end of the tool five or six times. I then pull the loop and band off the end of the tool and put a couple of pieces of thick yarn through the loop and tighten the loop. It can be done in about thirty seconds while standing in a stream.
I've used this system for years and there's nothing better and easier. Only difference with me is that I do the wraps of the rubber band over the end of my forceps and then grab the loop with the forceps and pull the rubber band over the loop.
Ditto
This was awesome. Very helpful! Thank you!
I love this system but I have found that moving it up & down the thicker part of the leader will cause coiling which is almost impossible to straighten, have you experienced similar issues? Also, I would add a drop of super glue on the thread wraps. This makes it bomb proof and the super glue coating is weightless when dry.
What is the advantage of this system vs a NZ wool and tube system?
Hello Freestone,
I've looked allover to find a good strike indicator.
This one looks nice to me and I will give it a try.
I used Glo Bug Yarn fluo yellow instead of the poly yarn that you used.
I will sent my result of the indicator.
I think it will be a good one.
Tight lines my friend.
Greetings from the Netherlands
how did it work?
Will the yarn indicator continue to float with a beaded nymph or heavier wet fly?
What material should the yarn be made of? The downside I see here is you see a 90 degree angle in the line which would be very annoying while casting or do I have a mistake thinking here? 🤔
Hi, when you fish deep and you bring in the fish do you turn the indicator in the reel right? Isn't that a problem??
Teach that with wool instead of synthetic fibers to minimize micro-palstic and than that would be a great trick dude!
What’s the best treatment/floatant for the poly yarn? Gink? Lochsa?
Any of the liquid/gel floatants will work well. I personally have been using the Loon floatant and am happy with them.
Does not is slide down while fishing in streams or kink leader?
Nope. The friction from the rubber band holds the yarn (essentially weightless) firmly in place. If you leave the indicator system on your leader all day, it will put a slight bend in the line, but it can easily be straightened out by pulling with your hands.
I seem to be doing something wrong. I’m using a 1/4 inch orthodontic band, but after routing a leader loop through the band four times and attaching the indicator, it is very difficult to slide the indicator. Do you have any experience with that issue/suggestions how to correct?
First, you can try wetting the leader with some saliva to help it slide easier. If that doesn't help, chances are that the loop has a bunch of twists in it. Take the indicator out of the loop and unwind the loop, then reattach indicator and try sliding it.
@@freestonegear4551 thanks, I figured it out and it works well.
Sweet. My son has braces.... I am set
Haha silver linings
I would like to have the leader straight, but this indicator is created a hinge
Is there a certain yarn you have to use
I linked the yarn I used in the description, but I'm sure a variety of yarns will work, including wool, as mentioned in another comment. If you try some different ones, let us know how they turn out.
Hmm. 10 min. for an indicator?? I'll try something else and hope for the best.