Droppers

[conwyrod]

Jock, your comment about using stronger string is certainly correct in my case. I was using the (then) new double strength Drennan, which I quickly concluded was poor for casts with droppers.

[hf]

Thanks for all the comments above and for any others that may still be on the way. Will try and put them all to good use this summer. (I need a 'hopeful smilie')


highlandfisher

[kinnaird]

Surely the risk of snagging the free hook in the event of hooking a fish is high. It could happen on the landing net and you could end up losing a fish of a lifetime.

k

[sinkingtip]

Agree entirely Kinnaird and certainly touched upon in several of the above posts.
"Snagging the free hook" (particularly the tail fly) on either a sub or above surface 'trap' is a good enough reason in itself for not fishing a dropper - the other, albeit slightly, is the contribution ANY knot makes to the general weakening of the overall B/S ..... or so we are led to believe.

Does fishing an extra flee double your chances of 'connecting' with a fish ? ..... I don't think so - but (hey!) thats me.

If that were the case then it would seem logical to start thinking about fishing a 'team' of flee's ..... like 3+ ...... and then whaur wuid wi be ?

Naw - keep it simple .... like a 'twelve bar blues' - solo flee every time.
Regards
STip

[robert]

Stoped usuing droppers after losing fish after the tail fly got caught in the gravell on several outings. Our beat of the Earn is all gravell and holes and i found that i could work the single fly better especialy in the low water.
Bob