After some long discussions about strike indicator fly fishing and wanting to create the perfect presentation for certain fly fishers and situations, I sat down with Bob, a dear friend and fly fishing guru.  After offering me some interesting ideas about this, I went out and experimented, tweaked and came up with “The Bob B Method”, a fly fishing indicator technique which has proven to be possibly the most effective way to use strike indicators since their creation. Notice I said indicators.

“You’ll be Blown Away by the Effectiveness of Walt’s Bob B Method.”
International Casting Coach and Fly Fishing Instructor
Stann Grater, representing the Orvis Company
 “Achieving the same presentations and success as the center-pinners get.
 This is another great way for fly fishers to get a natural drift!”

Keeping this simple,
I use and instruct this method with great acceptance from my fly fishing clients and seminar attendees.

Great for Salmon, Trout, Steelhead and more

Little Korkies
Best suited for this indicator method.
ask for Walt’s “Bob Bs” at Malinda’s Fly Shop in Altmar NY.

10 Foot Fly Rods
for further and long drifts
are a must to get the best performances for this method and any other of my other techinques
requiring extended mending and reach casting.

Korkies are balsa, foot ball shaped floats, available in many sizes with durable finishes of highly visible indicator colors. I recommend three sizes to be used with the Orvis HY-Flote or similar greased floating leaders. Long belly tapered floating fly lines offer easier line control, further mends and easier roll casing for these techniques.

Taking One and Two Indicator Techniques to the Next Level

Depending on water conditions added b or bb weight may be substitued with weighted or bead head flys. Adjustments and experimentations must be made to put the fly into the strike zone. Smoother water may require only a couple of b’s or one bb and use the smaller and mid sized Korkies. For heavy conditions I recommend the middle and larger Korkies. The Korkie closet to the fly is the "striker" and the other, above or closest to the fly line is the "mender". It’s easy, set the hook on any movement on the striker and do your mending to the mender which in most all conditions must be kept above the striker while floating down stream. By mending and controlling the fly line to the mender, this allows: one (slow down your presentation), two (eliminate all tugging on the striker, which cause an un-natural drift), three (allows for set up time and better presentations in difficult to get to and drift areas) four, (slow down the surface current drag while presenting near perfect drifts in the much slower deeper currents) and more applications when you become comfortable using the “Bob B Method”.

Making the Cast

Again easy, while casting be sure you allow the Korkies to straighten, both on the back and forward casts. When they’re on the water, immediately throw a hard roll cast to re-align the korkies into the fishing presentation (striker down stream of the upstream mender). This method will also make you a better line mender for other applications such as my “Vertical Tip Method”(a bit more complex timing & casting ), “Slack Line Mend” , dry fly fishing and more.

How to Put the “Bob B Rig ” Together

Take an Orvis Hy-Flote or greased leader of 7 ½ foot ( heavier water & deeper conditions, .............................................................................allows for longer tippet and more manageable casting lengths )
............................................................................ 9 foot ( for shallower water to 3' or 4', allows for more stealth )

Slide the tapered leader through the larger korkie first, then the smaller (for beginning and practicing, try keeping them about 18” apart to help get the feel, the best results and control are achieved with longer spreads of 22” to 34 ”)
Keep the striker at the end of the floating leader then attach a recommended fluorocarbon tippet leading to your weights then to your fly. see drawings below

You Decide What Is Needed For the Conditions

Keep the fly distances anywhere from 12”-24” below the weights
Setting the depth is usually 1.5 X the estimated or actual depth, be sure in the strike zone.
 (example 3’ depth x 1.5 = tippet length of 4.5’)

Also nice about this method, it must be done by casting a fly line.

For those who like to use indicators

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"The Bob B Method", "Vertical Tip Method", "Slack Line Mending" and "Bead Method"
to be released later this year

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