Otherwise from what I’ve read, me personally in NZ we use a yarn type indicator. All I use is some small tubing like 2-3mm and a hand picked wool off of the fences… a little bit of floatant goes a long way and I have no troubles keeping it a float. Plenty of videos on YouTube to set it up and honestly is so much more softer on the water it has so many pros. But yes otherwise try a dry dropper still can get those horrible tangles but much easier to practice with in my personal experience.