How to Setup a Stillwater Strike Indicator Rig for Fly Fishing for Trout with Andrew Redmont

Ever wonder how to properly setup a stillwater strike indicator rig for fly fishing for trout? Andrew Redmont from Sea-Run Fly & Tackle is here to give you an in depth tutorial on how to setup your stillwater strike indicator rig!
Strike indicators are commonly used to suspend chironomids, leeches and other flies when targeting trout feeding at specific depths. A quick release strike indicator allows you to use longer leaders required to fish deep water while still making it easy to land fish.
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[@abigailsparks5402]

Thanks Andrew. Very well demonstrated.

[@dallasonfire604]

A good tip for making sure your fly is in the zone (especially chroni's and blood worms) is to clip your hemostats to the fly and let it sink down till you hit bottom. Pinch your line at the surface and set your indicator 6 to 12 inches down from that. This will ensure you're in the zone. And the split shot helps keep it down as well. You can always come up from that depth, but that's a good place to start. And maybe tie your flies on with a non slip loop knot for better movement. (Definitely not necessary though).

[@54lespaul77]

Good job Andrew. I shot hundreds of hours with Mark Pendlington, and I don’t know that he would have done any better. Rick Smalley

[@rayfreeman1722]

Excellent video, thank you!

[@searunflytackle]

No Problem Ray, Thanks for the watching

[@604jz]

Great tutorial, but I have two questions please: Is the leader tied directly onto the fly line? i.e. do you remove the fixed length tapered leaders that are normally used for fly fishing and just tie to the fly line? I'm guessing this is intended for use with floating line (rather than sinking line)?

[@searunflytackle]

Thats correct, we dont use tapered leaders under an indicator as it tends to make a bit of a belly in your line, leader ties directly to fly line

[@chowboy44]

how do you cast the indicator if the float depth is 20+ feet when on an anchored boat? I can see this working with a leader maybe 10-15' with along exaggerated backcast, but when its longer how do you backcast and get the indicator and flies away from the boat?

[@searunflytackle]

When fishing long leaders an indicator specific line with a powerful front taper and or a long head length can make turning over those long leaders and heavy indicators a breeze. definitely quite a bit harder if the head length is short (say less then 30ft) take a look at the rio extreme indicator line or the scientific angler anadro lines. sea-run.com/collections/rio-products/products/rio-elite-xtreme-indicator?_pos=4&_sid=6c13f90d5&_ss=r sea-run.com/collections/scientific-anglers-fly-lines/products/scientific-anglers-amplitude-anadro-nymph-floating-line?_pos=3&_sid=a0d55a0f4&_ss=r&variant=34785348092037 they could turn over those heavy rigs with ease Thanks for watching