"Larry L" wrote in message
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On my recent trip to Idaho I fished a tiny nymph under a dry, some each
day, as the fish were obviously taking baetis nymphs not the duns or
emergers.

Like most of us I've used this technique a lot to good success, but unlike
those of you that actually know what you are doing, I'm not sure how best
to attach the dropper nymph. I've always just used a clinch knot around
the bend of the hook

This trip I had several breaks offs, with small fish at that, where the
break occurred at the cinch knot on the bend. .... ANYway, what do you
real nympher guys use in the way of knots for dropper rigs?

I have never had much luck tying or swinging a dropper off the back of
another fly, fairly common, I just suck at it. When I fish a dropper I leave
a decent tag end off the eye of the top fly and tie the "dropper" off of
that tag end, or I tie in tippet with a blood knot and leave a long tag end
and tie the submerged fly there.