Coley,

I'm not much of a nympher either so bear with me on my questions.

By ticking the bottom, doesn't that reflect on your indicator by pausing, skipping, etc? Can't that be confusing with the the take?

If that were the case, it seems like you'd be either take a chance by missing takes by only setting the hook on an obvious take or you would be setting the hook on every subtle movement hoping for a fish but finding nothing 99% of the time?

Or are the actual fish takes substantially different than the split shot ticking the bottom?