Fly Rod Set Up

I am going up to Salmon river in a couple of week looking to try setting up a strike indicator never done that before can anyone explain how to set one up. What size line should I use for a leader

Leader/tippet below bobber should be 1 1/2 times the depth of the water you're fishing. 10# tippet is plenty for anything up there- even a good sized rock.

I like to use 12# flourocarbon tippet for the mud sharks with a straigt 8' length of 17# maxima. Strike indie is a thingamabobber placed at twice the depth of the water I'm fishing ............

has anyone ever tried the amnesia shoting fly line they say that it is a mono type of line i sent out for two diff wgts anybuddy have anything on this before i put it on my reel

i wonder if i bought the wrong line you are right i recheck and it was a 20 lb line. could you still use it on a fly reel

thanks i hope it comes in by tuesday that way i can practice a little to see if there is much of a dif i am heading up on thursday not to far for me 3 hr drive

Chartist,
 
I use a 9ft. 9wt. and have never had any problems, my buddy uses an 9ft. 8wt and also no problems.  I use a Redington Redfly set up. It's heavy enough for the salmon yet light enough to still allow you to enjoy the fight of the occasional steel or brown you may get into.

Never tried using a 7wt.  only my 9wt. and it's more than enough.  As I said my buddy uses an 8wt with no troubles,  seems a 7wt. might be a little light but sure would be fun. let me know if you try it.

I've used a 9.5 foot St. Croix Avid in 7 wt on more than one occassion--landed many salmon on this rod--wouldn't dream of using a 7 wt with high water.....and I wouldn't recommend to anyone to use a 7wt for king salmon fishing in New York or anywhere else for that matter........I have bad shoulders and after a day of fishing with the St. Croix LU 10.5 foot 9wt or the Beulah 9/10 switch........my shoulders were burning and I'd turn to the 7wt......it can be done..........just know your gear and what it is capable of
 
I also fished salmon with a Winston 11 foot 7 wt switch rod (perfecto steelie stick) ...........this handled the salmon without any issues what so ever..........
 
As WD and PA have stated.........best to go 8 wt or higher...........I think a 9 wt is perfect under most conditions.....and my dad fishes a 9 foot St. Croix Legend Ultra 10 wt all the time.........
 
my one setup that I loved was a G-Loomis 9 foot 8wt GL3 matched with a Fly Logic FLP 567 reel and it was loaded with Teeny 8wt mini-sink tip fly line.......that was a blast to fish.......it was a casting monster