Keith,

It took me a couple of trips to put together how to indicator fish for chronies. One bit of advice I'd use is don't be afraid to use the larger corkies for indicators. The little paste one ones work... but they're too hard to see when casting far, in dim light or when there's a good chop on the water.

I think silver is the best color for a chronie, with black, red and green the next ones. A BC chronie guy, Phil Rowley, thinks silver is the universal color for pupa on the way up (emerging) and I tend to agree with him after testing that out for two years. I caught them on silver when other colors were emerging. His theory is no matter what color they are, the underskin gasses make the chronie look silverish to the fish.

If you want a "chronie tutorial", check with me in March and we can do the seep lakes somewhere.

Another bit of advice for indicator fishing. Use a boat and two anchors. A swinging boat or float tube makes it too hard to properly fish indicators.

If you do choose to put the rod down in the boat, drape it across the sides of the boat with the reel hanging past the far side of the boat. Some indicator hits aren't light and the fish hits them running. If you're not holding the rod, it can and will go over the side. I had one up on Stoney Lake in BC smack it so hard I thought my reel got damaged. Never did stop that fish. It broke me off going away.

for equipment, I prefer a medium action rod. I have a 5wt LL sage for dry line chronies, and use a 5 wt line on it. 6 weights do as well, but don't see the need for anything heavier. Anything less than 5 weight gets bogged down by the indicator.

I also cast with a big loop so I don't get tailing loops.

Hooks.. I use the Tiemco 2457 which is an extra heavy, short shank hook. I also put a brass bead on it for weight. I do have bloodworm imitations tied with just red wire for the body. Those sink fast.

Some people prefer fluorocarbon for tippets to get the fly down, but I'm still using regular 5x Climax. I usually don't go deeper than 9-10 feet as I normally fish the edges of a lake.