Request For Help

[jah]

Just got back from our trip. Did really well at Montauk. Fished a lot in the catch and release area. Hooked some big rainbows! Too bad they're so strong. Landed a couple in the 2 - 3 lb range. Had a much larger fish on twice but couldn't get them in the net. But great fun. Largest trout I've ever hooked. Most hooked on scuds, bead head nymphs of one sort or another with extra lead to keep them down in fast water. 7X tippets necessary to get bit. We then went to Roaring River, good fishing but the size was much smaller. Low water meant long leaders and even down to 8X. Helped me get more strikes and since the size wasn't much didn't loose hardly any fish. Learned a new trick, a dry fly with a dropper (a small midge). A pain to tie up but got lots more fish with the midge added.

Thanks for all the help from this forum, can't wait to go back!

JIm

Hey Jim, I read about really quick and EASY way to tie on a dropper. I actually use my index finger, make a loop with the tippet, and start twisting my finger inside that loop (i.e. I act as if my finger is the fly, turning it 6 or 7 times just like you would turn a fly or wrap the line for a clinch knot). Then I put the end through the bottom loop that I made with my index finger, pull my finger out and attach the loop to the bend of my first fly and pull tight. Hope that makes sense. For me, it saves me a LOT of time and a LOT of swearing.

[ozark trout fisher]

I'm glad you had a good trip. The dry-dropper rig is about the best trick you can use down there. And the catch and release area does have big fish for sure. I have broken off by more fish there than anywhere else

[ness]

Jim:

I was down at Roaring River too. Found the same thing you did: low, clear water, small fish. I was hoping the rain would cloud the water, but it didn't happen. Dry and dropper seemed to work early on (50-50); tiny white drys later on.

[stinger160]

Hey Jah, that is a great idea. A lot easier to tie on your index finger than a size 20 midge hook. I guess you just slip the loop over the hook once you've got the knot started and pull tight. Always a better way, just need to keep an open mind.

[jah]

Hey Jah, that is a great idea. A lot easier to tie on your index finger than a size 20 midge hook. I guess you just slip the loop over the hook once you've got the knot started and pull tight. Always a better way, just need to keep an open mind.

That's exactly right. I read in online at Midcurrent. It is inifinitely better than what I did before, and my wife will attest to that. I always rig up her fly rod as well as mine, and I used to avoid tying droppers on for me after spending an hour cussing while tying her dropper on. It just wasn't worth the extra time, especially because, by the time I tied my dropper on, she was snagged! With this new method, it is beyond easy, and I would have never thought of it myself.