Mar 27 2008
Saving Money
I was walking through a large outdoors store yesterday, and I was looking at new fishing products. I came across one product that is very useful, but was very overpriced, and led me to write this blog.
The product was a package of three fur strike indicators, and It was priced at close to four dollars. Some people seem to have no problem paying such money for such a simple item, but for those of us that would rather not spend the money, there are many things people can do to be conservative.
Although such tools, as strike indicators, are helpful, they can very easily be substituted with many things.
For those who are not familiar with a strike indicator, it is a small piece of material that is used primarily when nymph fishing. It is used as a ‘bobber,’ to tell when a fish is biting the fly.
My favorite substitute for a strike indicator is simply a small piece of foam. The best thing to do is cut a small piece of foam about half the size of your fingernail. cut two slits, one on either side of the foam. You can easily attach this to your line by wrapping you line once around the foam. This is a quick and easy way to save some money, yet still maintain the potential for catching fish.
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