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Old May 2nd, 2008, 03:58 PM posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.fly
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Default Dry and dropper question

On Fri, 02 May 2008 00:48:44 GMT, Tim Lysyk wrote:

Lazarus Cooke wrote:

Mike wrote:

Tie your dropper on, and mount your dry fly using a loop. Just form a
loop in the line, thread the loop through the eye of the hook, and
over the fly. Pull slowly tight.

If you want to adjust the depth, just loosen the loop and slide the
dry fly along the leader.

This wont work with very small dries, but those would be pointless on
a dry and dropper rig anyway.


Wow! That is such an elegant solution. And I've never heard of it
anywhere before.


It's not a new idea and there's a reason many folks who FF only have not
heard of it before...

Here's a hint - if it were such a fantastic idea, you could use it in
all fishing situations to hold the fly to the leader, even without a
dropper below.

Simply try it with any hook and mono, and you should see why it ain't
all that great for FFing.

HTH,
R


I second that. Very nice solution.

Tim Lysyk