Hey Joe: Where do you live in Az?
Alan Di Somma Phoenix,Az. http://www.azod.com "My dog is worried about the economy because Alpo is up to $3.00 a can. That's almost $21.00 in dog money." Joe Weinstein ----- Original Message ----- From: "joe leavitt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 11:03 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] Fishing with a dropper > Hello out there in fly tying land, > > I am new to this site and this is my first response. Fishing with a dropper > off of a dry fly is really the only way I have fished. My fly fishing > experience is limited as I have been at it for only one year. However, > because my wife and I are retired and travel in our motorhome, I have had > the opportunity to fish quite a few different streams in different states > using this method. I live in Arizona, fished in Colorado for ten weeks this > winter, Utah and Northern California last summer. > > I use a dry fly for my surface, indicator fly, and a nymph pattern for the > dropper tied off of the hook shank of the dry. Obviously, the dry fly has > to be able to support the weight of the nymph pattern suspended from it's > shank and this depends on the water you are fishing. In calm water a less > bouyant dry can support more weight from the dropper, and if you apply > floutant to the leader above the dry it will be able to support more weight > from the nymph. > > I have not been lucky enough to experience any really great hatches during > my short time as a fly fisherman, but I have found that even in times when > there appears to be no hatch you will occationally get a rise and even a > hookup with your surface fly. Even in Breckenridge Colorado this winter > when my line guides were freezing up I got surface strikes and hookups on my > dry. > > In this situation I think that it is most important to consider the actual > drift of your dropper in relation to your indicator dry fly. The nymph is > usually drifting somewhat slower than the indicator because the current at > the bottom of the water column is slower than it is at the top. So make > sure that you mend your line frequently to obtain the most natural drift for > the nymph as possible. Also be sure that the nymph is bouncing along on or > very near the bottom. Especially if the water is really cold and the fish > are sluggish. They tend to not want to expend much energy in moving to take > the fly. I found this to be especially true in Colorado this winter where > the water was, many times, not many degrees above freezing. > > Sorry I rambled on so on this first post. > > Joe Leavitt > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 10:27 PM > Subject: Re: [VFB] Fishing with a dropper > > > > You tie the leader tippet like normal to the eye of the hook, for the > dropper you tie o the bend of the hook. One of the responses did sound as > if you tied the main leader to the bend, thi swould be incorrect. > > > > John Ridderbos > > > > Good luck in the morning > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > > >Thanks a lot for the fast responses guys! I think I'll give this a shot > > >when I get off of work in the morning. > > > > > >Now you guys are saying to tie onto the bend of the dry. This again is > > >probably self-explanatory, but do you mean to tie onto the actual bend of > > >the hook rather than onto the eye of the dry fly's hook?? If so, how do > > >you suggest I orient the line in relation to the hook bend so that I can > > >achieve some sort of setting power if a fish takes the hook? I'm thinking > > >I've got to be wrong about the way I'm reading what you all are saying, > but > > >if I'm right, I'm just having a little difficulty understanding the > > >mechanics of how this could hook a trout. > > > > > >Again, thanks so much for your help on this! > > > > > >John Roth > > > > > > > > > >
