birchy Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 Rigging dry flies with a dropper.. Wouldn't the weight of the dropper pull the dry under? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walker1 Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 Yes and no. If the dry is small and you drop a weighted fly, you know the answer. Most are using a dropper rig being a smaller unweighted, other than bead perhaps, nymph ( 14-20) under an attractor dry or something in the larger size. Common bow river hopper dropper rig for me is a # 6 hopper, yellow stimmy etc., attached to 24" of 4x to a bh nymph size 14-16. Good way to fish banks and runs. The nymph usually wins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SanJuanWorm Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 Note to birchy. BRING FLOATANT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdock Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 Depends what dry and what dropper. A large dry like a hopper will float even with a BH nymph however a small elk hair caddis won't. If the dropper isn't weighted then it will. It's just about figuring out what works with what. My best combos so far are a hopper with a hare's ear or pheasant tail and an elk hair caddis with an unweighted prince nymph. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toolman Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 A great Bow River tandem rig for the month of July... #6 Barretts GoldenStone, w/Caddis Emerger/Pupa dropper. Your arm will be aching in no time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximum Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 If you're using a nice foam bodied or foam winged hopper/stimmie, you should be able to hold up even a good sized BH nymph. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bigbadbrent Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 Not called a Hopper Dropper for nothing. Club sandwhichs are key Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenbow Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 Big ginked dry trailing a small nymph. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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