bring some rare breed wild turkey, knob creek will do almost as well,
and i'll show you all you need to know about tying on a dropper. tom's
method is ok if you like tying blood knots and can cipher the tag
end...but, you lose the tag pretty quickly and you'll be practicing a
lot of blood knot work. improved clinch on the bend of the hook is
easiest and i think works the best. sometimes the drift on the dropper
is a bit difficult. but, tangles less for me. ...

went fishing yesterday at cape lookout. no spanish yet, albies have
moved on, but the blues were hungry. jim engaged in an interesting
"chumming" method while trolling. seems it requires country ham, eggs,
grits, etc. ... i think a lacourse breakfast could be invaluable in the
development of this particular form of chumming, if you get my drift.
hooked 3 blues while jim was "spreading" chum.

jeff (droopers? i thought they closed that place?)

Tom Littleton wrote:

Joe asks for help from:

Tom [or anyone]

in full clavemeister mode......


I have a problem.

let me go open a beer......now, I'm ready.



Cannot see those little yellow zit flies
you furnished me when I attended the Rainout Clave a couple of years ago.

Those are sulfurs, you are probably going to have to fish them, somehow......



So I want to pretie them onto leaders to use
as droopers

those would be droppers....droopers are what you get at that club in Millheim.
Now,
the way I tie droppers in by leaving knot tags off the last blood knot in the
leader, but you want to run about 18-20 inches of leader from indicator fly to
sulfurs.



What big fly should I use as indicator?

Patriot dry, size 12(10 in heavy currents), they are bright,high-floating, and
Penn's fish seem to like them.



What size leader for dropper--how long?

18-20 inches of 5x to the sulfur.


Any suggestions for transporting fly-leader-zit fly around in my vest
without crushing flies?

I wouldn't have a clue on that one....perhaps someone on ROFF knows.



What knot do I use on to tie leader to bend of hook?

I'll leave this one to the experts, as well.



should I just
trade three zit flies for one I can see on the water?

it should be a sellers market for Sulfurs by about Tuesday evening....

looking forward to seeing you,
Tom