Homemade Strike Indicator

Making these things is not rocket science. The real trick is learning how to use them correctly.

A good homemade strike indicator how-to article with a twist at the end to get rid of yarn frays in the rubber band.

I cringe every time I go into a fly shop and see the sponge stick-on indicators. To many times I’ve seen them go bobbing by on the current beyond my reach or whirling in an eddy after unsticking itself from someones leader. I can only imagine what the sponge does to the unfortunate creatures digestive tract if its mistakenly identified as something edible.