I had a great day of fishing last Saturday, first casting dry flies to a large pod of hungry 10-12 inch fish in the Cub River (Idaho) and then dredging the deep holes with a BHGRHE for 15 inch Rainbows on a stretch of the Bear River through the Onieda Narrows. When fishing on the Cub I tried a Stimulator as a strike indicator for a two foot dropper with a BHPT attached. I got a few whacks at the Dry, a few more on the dropper, but the most deadly technique was to pull the Stimulator under water, strip, hold, strip hold until a fish whaked it... and they obliged with amazing regularity. As is often the case, it was the only Stimulator I had with me, but it caught 15 fish until I lost it on the one fish I really wanted to see.
I am curious how many of you routinely use the technique of stripping in dry flies after the drift, and which flies seem to give you the best results. For myself, I'm going to be tying up a few dozen more Stimulators....
