johnk Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 Being from BC we never got to fish droppers. If we were solo in the boat we could fish two rods but we couldn't fish one rod with a dropper fly. I would just like to know the various methods for tying on droppers and what fly combinations are popular. Thanks in advance. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolly Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 John: Wow what a topic! Its a bit much for the forum but here goes. One method is to tie a short 24" or so piece of tipet to the bend of the front fly the add your dropper. OR Tie the dropper fly and tippet ahead of the main fly The main thing for me is to open up my loop to keep the flies from getting tangled. Some of the oteh members may have more suggestions. Flies: Hopper patterns that really float, Stimulaters, Elk hair Caddis, etc smaller nymph or emergers as the dropper, Pheasant tail and the like. Dave M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnk Posted March 23, 2008 Author Share Posted March 23, 2008 John: Wow what a topic! Its a bit much for the forum but here goes. One method is to tie a short 24" or so piece of tipet to the bend of the front fly the add your dropper. OR Tie the dropper fly and tippet ahead of the main fly The main thing for me is to open up my loop to keep the flies from getting tangled. Some of the oteh members may have more suggestions. Flies: Hopper patterns that really float, Stimulaters, Elk hair Caddis, etc smaller nymph or emergers as the dropper, Pheasant tail and the like. Dave M Dave,Thanks for the reply. Did I make a faux pas with this question? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave robinson Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 (edited) John: No faux pas. It's just that the topic is very broad, There are many options. I can think of six (or is it seven?) different ways to add a dropper leader to a single fly rig. And that doesn't even touch the topic of how long, how many, where the heavy one should go and what should be on the point and what's the dropper fly. There's even a dropper rig that uses a single fly and a weight. Some methods are personal preference and some designed for specific situations. If you have some specific fishing location or situation, let us know and we'll undoubtedly give you three or four options. In fact, Scratch, maybe we could cover that in a program in May? Dave Edited March 23, 2008 by dave robinson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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