I switch it up between thingamabobbers and thill strike indicators. I prefer thingamabobbers for smaller streams and thill's for larger bodies of lotic systems when the currents seem to have a greater effect on the indicators buoyancy, as thill's float a bit better. When fishing still water I use what ever is in my pocket!
Thingamabobber for sure! If I know ill be nymphing for the whole day, I pass my leader thru before putting flies on and then do 2 nail knots on either side of the bobber with and old piece of fly line. It doesn't kink your leader, easy to do a quick depth adjustment and it does not move when you cast. Give it a try!
This^^....or a Bomber,Tom thumb,Humpy,Royal Wulff....
Thingamabobbers reminds me too much of a 6yr old fishing for panfish with worms to contaminate my leader with one or even acknowledge it as "flyfishing".
Still waters fishing deep I rig slip bobbers with rubber band method.....it's still an ugly way to flyfish,but it works for the conditions.
For still waters I like the " Phil Rowley" indicators as fishing at depth will allow you to land a fish, for small streams in would still use Phil's indicators in smaller sizes and simply paint it white ( fluresense can spook fish) I also use a foam style yarn indicator bc it lands soft on the water and my favorite is the hopper dropper setup.
Something I started using last year with success is the European Nymphing style. Where no " traditional floating" indicator is used. It implements an indicator section of line to determine both depth and drift. I like this for both small streams and larger rivers like the bow or Oldman.
And finally for wider rivers where fish hold in mid current lies I like the foam style yarn and thingamabobbers as the can support larger nymph rigs and if you break off, you won't lose you indicators.
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