09-18-2006, 11:46 PM
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Which is to say, when I get lazy (most of the time) and/or the action, or more usually the lack thereof, suggests to me to try a 2-fly presentation then I will typically tie on my "dropper" leaving a long tag end for the point fly. I don't like this presentation as I think the lead to the point fouls in the "dropper".
Sometimes I feel that I can afford to spend more time working up a decent "cast" (as the British like to call it). So I build a loop in the (extra long) tippet. I usually use a Perfection Knot for this, and I leave the tag end long. Then I tie my point fly to the end of the tippet. I then take a piece of tippet material one or two sizes heavier than the tippet that has the loop and the point fly. I make a Perfection Knot in one end and use the loop-to-loop technique to hang this off the existing loop in the "real" tippet. I then tie the "dropper" to the other end of this leg. This leg is about 1/2 as long as the distance from the loop knot to the point fly, never more than 40-50cm (16-20") and never less than about 15cm (6").
Why build the leg from a material that's heavier than the "real" tippet? It helps to make the "dropper" stand off from the lay of the rest of the leader/tippet, making a nice "Y" connection.
What flies do I use for dropper(s) and points? It depends. In the situations that I usually find myself using 2 flies, I will typically use a weighted nymph on the point and an unweighted (or very lightly weighted) nymph or wet fly as the dropper. Sometimes, I will use a high floating dry fly as the dropper (where it acts as a strike indicator, too) and an unweighted (or very lightly weighted) nymph or wet fly as the point. Very occasionally, I will reverse the first style, with the heavier fly in the forward ("dropper") position and the lighter fly on the point. Also, very occasionally, I will use a weighted fly as the dropper and put a "dry" fly on the point, letting the weighted fly pull the dry fly under. In these 2 latter cases, the point fly rises up like an emerger and can often really take a beating, which is, of course, the whole point of the thing.
PS: Terminology that I use - the point fly is the one that's "furthest out" in the pair of flies, the dropper is the one that's closer up to the fly line
PPS: I never bother with more than 2 flies because I've only been doing this for about 25 years and my casting still sucks - but I catch fish so I don't care <<G>>
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Quote:[font "Comic Sans MS"][black][size 3]To your questions: YES[laugh][/size][/black][/font][font "Comic Sans MS"]"me too."
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Which is to say, when I get lazy (most of the time) and/or the action, or more usually the lack thereof, suggests to me to try a 2-fly presentation then I will typically tie on my "dropper" leaving a long tag end for the point fly. I don't like this presentation as I think the lead to the point fouls in the "dropper".
Sometimes I feel that I can afford to spend more time working up a decent "cast" (as the British like to call it). So I build a loop in the (extra long) tippet. I usually use a Perfection Knot for this, and I leave the tag end long. Then I tie my point fly to the end of the tippet. I then take a piece of tippet material one or two sizes heavier than the tippet that has the loop and the point fly. I make a Perfection Knot in one end and use the loop-to-loop technique to hang this off the existing loop in the "real" tippet. I then tie the "dropper" to the other end of this leg. This leg is about 1/2 as long as the distance from the loop knot to the point fly, never more than 40-50cm (16-20") and never less than about 15cm (6").
Why build the leg from a material that's heavier than the "real" tippet? It helps to make the "dropper" stand off from the lay of the rest of the leader/tippet, making a nice "Y" connection.
What flies do I use for dropper(s) and points? It depends. In the situations that I usually find myself using 2 flies, I will typically use a weighted nymph on the point and an unweighted (or very lightly weighted) nymph or wet fly as the dropper. Sometimes, I will use a high floating dry fly as the dropper (where it acts as a strike indicator, too) and an unweighted (or very lightly weighted) nymph or wet fly as the point. Very occasionally, I will reverse the first style, with the heavier fly in the forward ("dropper") position and the lighter fly on the point. Also, very occasionally, I will use a weighted fly as the dropper and put a "dry" fly on the point, letting the weighted fly pull the dry fly under. In these 2 latter cases, the point fly rises up like an emerger and can often really take a beating, which is, of course, the whole point of the thing.
PS: Terminology that I use - the point fly is the one that's "furthest out" in the pair of flies, the dropper is the one that's closer up to the fly line
PPS: I never bother with more than 2 flies because I've only been doing this for about 25 years and my casting still sucks - but I catch fish so I don't care <<G>>
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