The Troutbitten Podcast is now available on YouTube as a video podcast, along with the audio podcast platforms.
** Note ** The YouTube video is embedded below, followed by the the podcast player and links to your favorite podcast platforms.
Dry dropper is great. Just put a nymph under that dry fly and get the best of both worlds. Right? Not so fast . . .
The idea that you can have your cake and eat it too — that you’ll get perfect drifts on the dry fly and the nymph — and that you somehow double your chances by dropping a nymph under the dry is not true. This is the big lie of dry dropper fishing.
Here’s the problem: In most cases, neither fly ends up with a great drift. Instead, both flies are compromised and their natural drift is altered. Picky trout don’t buy sub-par drifts, so you’ll only pick up the occasional lucky trout.
But we can have good fishing with a dry dropper rig. It’s a go to choice for a many anglers, and it’s one of our favorite ways to fish a river.
The point here is to acknowledge the problems with a dry dropper system — the inherent drawback — so we can then specifically deal with them or even get rid of them altogether. Know the problem and try to solve it.
My good friends Bill Dell, Trevor Smith, Josh Darling, Austin Dando and Matt Grobe are here with me to talk about . . . the big lie of dry dropper.
Resources
READ: Troutbitten | Three Styles of Dry Dropper
PODCAST: Troutbitten | Three Styles of Dry Dropper – Dry Dropper Skills Series
Here’s the video . . .
(Please select 4K or for best video quality)
If you enjoy this video, the best way to support the effort is to like the video, leave a comment and subscribe on YouTube.
Here’s the Audio Podcast . . .
Listen with the player above, or . . .
Find the Troutbitten podcast on any of these services:
— Apple Podcasts
— Spotify
— Google Podcasts
— Amazon Music
. . . and everywhere else where you listen to podcasts.
You can find the dedicated Troutbitten Podcast page at . . .
Season 19 continues next week. So look for that in your Troutbitten podcast feed.
Fish hard, friends.
** Donate ** If you enjoy this podcast, please consider a donation. Your support is what keeps this Troutbitten project funded. Scroll below to find the Donate Button. And thank you.
Enjoy the day.
Domenick Swentosky
T R O U T B I T T E N
domenick@troutbitten.com
I’m not the greatest fly fisherman, but I don’t understand the use of fluorocarbon. I personally can’t see a difference between that and nylon. What am I missing?
So I don’t know if you’re missing anything. But there’s no doubt to me that fluorocarbon is more abrasion resistant. It’s tougher. That’s why I use it underneath.
These podcasts are a great idea but they need to be shortened. It is tough to have the time and stay engaged for over an hour. You could break these up into smaller segments like 15-20 minutes and a lot more people would watch and learn.
Thanks for your input. The podcast has done really well for about five years in this format. If you don’t have more than twenty minutes at a time, just hit stop and come back later, right? Every podcast player out there has a resume feature.
Hmmmm….., Dom and crew, isn’t a dry dropper simply an indicator with a hook? I’ve used this system early on in my evolution of attempting to master my growth from knuckle-dragger [sic?] to a fluid fly fisher and have outgrown the desire to use it. It simply isn’t effective used as a dual attractor. But yet, I have had numerous strikes on a dorsey….. So my question,
How does the dropper affect the drift of a nymph differently from an indicator, or does it…, really??