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Post by easky on Mar 12, 2007 14:09:52 GMT
I always fish a dropper as I think it improves my chances of catching, maybe not double but certainly more that a single fly  The only time I have ever lost fish through snagging is by a ghillie - same guy on 2 occassions went to net a fish, spooked it and caught the dropper in the net = 2 lost fish and 1 irrate fisherman  ;D |
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Post by bg110960 on Mar 12, 2007 22:18:20 GMT
I dont usually fish a dropper since I have seen a number of fish lost on the Ridge pool in Ballina where the loose hook has snagged. However the day I caught my first salmon (again on the Ridge pool) later in the day a local let me try his rod which had a treble on the point and a mini tube fly on the dropper. I caught my second ever fish on the dropper!
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Post by kercock on Mar 13, 2007 18:18:35 GMT
I don't often fish a dropper but when I do I always have the dropper on a sliding knot tied to to the leader. The theory being that if a fish takes on the dropper the dropper slides down beside the tail fly. Never ever had a problem with the arrangement either (or is it eether )
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Post by ibrox on Mar 13, 2007 20:26:58 GMT
I always fish a dropper unless its a howling gale. It doubles your chances, (two for the price of one so to speak). My droppers are always smaller than my point flies and I always use two different patterns. No offence to the guys who think its not worth the risk, but who's to say you'd have had a fish to lose if it wasn't for a dropper  (if that makes any sense). At the end of the day, if you way up the Pros and Cons it's got to be worth the risk.  Personally, I'd rather hook a fish and lose it than hook nothing at all. Give yourself a better chance with two I say.  Mike |
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Post by greenbanks on Mar 15, 2007 18:45:28 GMT
Thanks to all the above answers to my thread. I think by the the end of next month i will give this a try. My casting is getting better the more i go out i am not snapping of the fly now and not getting much knots in the line. Dave Hi Dave A wee tip about droppers on the Dee in the summer when we have a 2 week period when the weed comes down.The dropper tends to catch a lot and the tail fly hardly ever gets any.So when you see weed coming down give it a go. Cheers Kenny |
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Post by macd on Mar 15, 2007 21:58:23 GMT
I always fish a dropper as I think it improves my chances of catching, maybe not double but certainly more that a single fly The only time I have ever lost fish through snagging is by a ghillie - same guy on 2 occassions went to net a fish, spooked it and caught the dropper in the net = 2 lost fish and 1 irrate fisherman ;D never broke your rod though  ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by stoater on Mar 16, 2007 17:51:39 GMT
I always used to fish a dropper, except in autumn when you can reasonably expect v.big fish and you're using tube flies.
Twice in the last 2 years I have though lost fish whilst trying to land them in shallow, rocky water. Both times the fish was hooked on the dropper, and the loose trailing point fly snagged. Ping! Horrible, and it has really put me off using the dropper in all but the cleanest riverbed situations.
A small single silver stoat, on the dropper, has been my number one catcher of both salmon and seatrout. Tied v.sparse and straggly, mind.
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;D 
(if that makes any sense). At the end of the day, if you way up the Pros and Cons it's got to be worth the risk. 
