11-20-2008, 07:35 PM
I fish year round, so I do my share of moving water, but I am a STILLWATER freak.
I also like to deep nymph and I am talking 5' to 30'.
We all pick up our own beliefs and it is based on what works for each of us.
Plus I have said it before, CONFIDENCE makes a big difference.
Now on to the topic, and I am talking with a floating line. I have and still do, on occasion attach the dropper off the bend of the leading hook. I have caught fish this way and on either hook, but I have to think, this effects the way the lead hook floats and I KNOW I catch more fish on the dropper. I also tie all my flies on with a surgeon's loop so they can more more freely AND I can use larger tippet on smaller flies.
So, then I got in the habit of attaching 3' of tippet on a 7 1/2' leader or my furled. I slide the lead fly on and slide it up to one foot of the connection. Make a surgeon's loop to secure the fly. I now hove 24" more the I tie the dropper at the end of (with a loop) So Both flies are connected at the eye.
The style I use the MOST, I tie a tag of 8" to the leader about 18" to 20" up from bottom and attach the dropper there, but I do it in reverse in that I have the BIGGER fly on the longer one and the smaller on the short.
Gamakatsu, has come out with "Dropper Beads". Right up my alley. They are a clear bead that slides on your leader, then you attach tippet and the knot keeps it from sliding off. Then there is a small hole in the side of the bead for a dropper. These things don't TANGLE. They float, but if you put a split shot above it, they sink nice and give you a Tullis Provo River Bouncer thingy.
Plus you can slide it up to change depth.....pretty cool.
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FISH TECH carries them.
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I also like to deep nymph and I am talking 5' to 30'.
We all pick up our own beliefs and it is based on what works for each of us.
Plus I have said it before, CONFIDENCE makes a big difference.
Now on to the topic, and I am talking with a floating line. I have and still do, on occasion attach the dropper off the bend of the leading hook. I have caught fish this way and on either hook, but I have to think, this effects the way the lead hook floats and I KNOW I catch more fish on the dropper. I also tie all my flies on with a surgeon's loop so they can more more freely AND I can use larger tippet on smaller flies.
So, then I got in the habit of attaching 3' of tippet on a 7 1/2' leader or my furled. I slide the lead fly on and slide it up to one foot of the connection. Make a surgeon's loop to secure the fly. I now hove 24" more the I tie the dropper at the end of (with a loop) So Both flies are connected at the eye.
The style I use the MOST, I tie a tag of 8" to the leader about 18" to 20" up from bottom and attach the dropper there, but I do it in reverse in that I have the BIGGER fly on the longer one and the smaller on the short.
Gamakatsu, has come out with "Dropper Beads". Right up my alley. They are a clear bead that slides on your leader, then you attach tippet and the knot keeps it from sliding off. Then there is a small hole in the side of the bead for a dropper. These things don't TANGLE. They float, but if you put a split shot above it, they sink nice and give you a Tullis Provo River Bouncer thingy.
Plus you can slide it up to change depth.....pretty cool.
FISH TECH carries them.
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