On Nov 6, 6:43 am, eddavidson9
wrote:
In my experience, tying on the hookbend -seems -to interfere with
hooking fish. I switched to tying the "top" fly off the tag end of the
knot i add my terminal section of tippet to and have seen improvements.
it also seems to cast better for me with fewer tangles.

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I agree. At one point a guide showed me a method he used that I have
adopted. He would take a short (3-5") section of fairly stout and
stiff material, say 6-8 Lb test, tie a perfection loop in it, and loop
it onto the main leader above the tippet knot. With knotted leaders
you can place several of these up the leader with different selections
for the fish to inspect. I like this rather than tying to the bend in
the hook method because it allows me to change the upper fly without
retying the lower and it allows me to change the separation between
the two flies without much hassle. When the upper dropper gets to
short you can tie another one on without rebuilding the leader.

JM