Esau
Senior Member
To answer your questions. I use a clinch knot. I have to wear my readers to do it, I'm 56. On streamers I strip line I do not use the rod tip a lot. You have a lot of leverage with a 9' rod. I like strike indicators. They make a bunch of different kinds. I use Orvis ones they are orange and yellow and utilize a little bone shaped piece of rubber to stay in place. I have been fly fishing for 20 years now and I absolutely love it. I do still go down to the river and drown a worm now and then though.