So I went out an hour or so each day, a couple days last week and
chucked a bobber, shot, and little beady thingies.

I didn't do well.

It finally occurred to me that IF I'm going to fish that way, maybe I
should really learn how.

I only ( or real close ) fish this style, here at home, and in the
'off season' aka now. Here are a couple shots of water close to
home. Let me point out that they don't do justice to the AMOUNT of
water involved. MOST of the water in both shots is WAY too deep to
wade and even the riffly looking stuff is deep enough to be a
challenge to an old fart like me. ( more than knee deep where I was
standing, to help ya judge )

http://www.kimshew.com/stangood.jpg

http://www.kimshew.com/stanrif.jpg

The guys that are catching the most are all fishing little tiny
nymphs, lots of weight and concentrate on a very few places. the
river was written up in a national mag a while back and those few
places get hammered. Even though "doing well" here would be "ho hum"
some places we're only a couple hours from the Bay Area

I simply find it impossible to maintain interest and confidence bobber
fishing. I'm hoping for tips and encouragement to help me
improve. Do you guys just fish the same slots over and over and
over ( seems to be the style of choice for many I observe )? if so,
how do you 'know' when enough is enough at a given spot?

Anyway, here is your change to write an indicator fly fishing tutorial
with an eager audience awaiting your efforts.