Coiled sighters are super sensitive strike indicators. Your can find them in any outdoors store, but the are very often too stiff and thick. Smaller ones work much better, so, do it yourself with your preferred colores monofilament.
I've always liked coiled sighters, especially the way you make them. However, I can't help but notice that not a single comp angler (to my knowledge, of course) uses them. And, I'm not talking about floating them in calm water; I mean holding them above the stream like one would a straight sighter. Do you have any thoughts about why they're no longer popular among the competition folks?
Hi, in competition they are forced to use a fly line with a minumun diameter of 0,55 and the logest leader they can use is two times the length of the rod. This result in an important decrease in the fishing range, and coiled sighters are the best option for fishing long. Also in comoetition they have a limitation in the number of knots in the leader.
@@mileles Thanks, but that doesn't answer my question. I was asking about using a coiled sighter instead of a straight sighter held above the water, for close-in fishing.
Alex, I know this is an old post but for me its about feel versus vision. A coiled sighter is more of a visual indicator while a straight indicator provides better feel. Each has there own uses and I use both, albeit the majority of the time its the straight indicator, in part due to coiled sighters losing their coils and being harder to store without ruining the coils. Coiled sighters work great when swinging small nymphs and soft hackles or that longer range upstream in shallow or calmer water, i.e. the original french nymphing.
