"Willi" wrote

.. On my first
cast, as the indicator passed over the fish they dropped back about six
feet and sunk to the bottom. They got alerted but not totally spooked as
they continued to feed, now along the bottom.

That is the type situation where I normally use a dry as a "bobber" I
like to fish the Big Lost when the water is down about August, for instance,
and the fish sit in very shallow water. I've found a foam Carpenter ant
with a tiny Copper John or some other similar combo works better than the
same nymph and an indicator, by far. Sometimes a fish will take the ant or
beatle, but mostly it just suspends the nymph and makes detection easier.

BTW, you've got me interested with all your skitter talkG I've even tied
up some Hewitt skaters ...where's the Crane Flies when ya need em?

The Brachye ..a .. i .. .... um ..you know, the Mom's day caddis, starts
real soon on the Lower Sac and I plan 4 or 5 mid-week days up there.
Mostly it's dredged, but I plan to at least try skittering a EHC in some
likely places, thanks to your prompting.