Bobber fishing can be simple or refined. It’s all up to anglers’ imagination. The float-and-fly technique is popular in the deep Tennessee reservoirs among anglers pursuing big smallmouth bass.

If we say a bobber, float or indicator, they all mean the same thing,” Feltenberger said. “Fly fishermen are going to use the term indicator. Normal every-day-go-out-to-the-pond bluegill fish ...