When rigging your first dropper, take a piece of tippet that ranges between 18 to 28 inches in length and tie it directly to the bend of your dry fly hook by using a clinch or improved clinch knot.

A dry dropper is a two-fly rig that combines a dry fly and either a nymph or emerger, allowing you to fish on the surface and subsurface at the same time.

Hoppers are starting to work on the lower river. Flows are starting to drop out of Clark Canyon Reservoir which will help the dry fly fishing. — Sunrise Fly Shop, Melrose.

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— Grizzly Hackle Fly Shop, Missoula. Boulder River — The Boulder is fishing well with dry-dropper rigs being most dependable. Try a royal micro-chubby with a size 16 black copper John.

Dry fly boxes are a necessity for any fisherman regularly fishing dry flies. These delicate flies need room in a box to keep their hackles from compressing to float properly.

How to Use It To use a gel floatant effectively, the first step is to make sure that your fly is totally dry. Squeeze a drop onto your finger and gently work it into the fly.

A dry dropper is a two-fly rig that combines a dry fly and either a nymph or emerger, allowing you to fish on the surface and subsurface at the same time. If you’re fishing shallow water but not ...