Enjoyed the video. I must admit, I've become a devotee of tying off the bend. Fishing off a separate dropper reminds me of the old days of knotted leaders. In any case, I've give it a try the next time I'm out. Tight lines.
Great video. Im so glad i found your channel. Tried the dropper tag trick yesterday and i tagged out with 6 big rainbows. Worked beautifully. Gonna have a good supper tonight. Thanks bud
This is an amazing video thank you! I just subscribed to your channel. Where do you get those foam spools that you use for premade dry droppers? Those look really cool.
Ah thanks so much, glad you liked it! The foam spools are from Soldarini from memory, they are an Italian tackle company. Loon make some individual ones also. :)
Thanks peachy great video , have been using a dropper tag to fish nymph under dry for a couple trips now but do you have any tips to stop the dry from being pulled under ? I have been trying to use less foam and more along the lines of tabanas caddis dries but always find that after a small drift they break the surface of the water particularly if there’s a bit of flow . I have been pretty conscious on using small nymphs and adding floatant etc but still seem to be running into this issue. Any tips are greatly appreciated !
For sure mate, here's a few ideas. Firstly, make sure to grease your leader well down to the tippet ring with something like payette paste to keep the leader floating. Gel floatant doesn't stay on long enough, you need proper grease or paste and keep doing it about once an hour or so. Because if your leader sinks, then when you go to pick up the flies it drags the dry fly under, so that's a big one. Apart from that, you need to choose a bouyant dry fly, and also a nymph with not too much weight. I fish nothing heavier than a 2.5mm tungsten bead on the nymph, often just a 2.3mm or even a 2mm. To get that to sink well, you need to tie a fly that is very lightly dressed (a perdigon even), and also you need to fish thin tippet down to the nymph, say 7X or lighter to get it to cut through and sink well. Also, give your dry fly a bit of treatment with some gel floatant, and regularly dry it with the rubber band trick, Amadou or cloth, and powder dessicant or fly dip. If you're in heavily broken water then you need a particularly bouyant dry fly, maybe something with deer hair or something like the cdc & poly caddis that I showed in the latest dry fly video. Hope that helps! :)
Could you tie a tippet ring to the end of your tippet and leave, say, 8” of tag to tie your dry fly to? Then tie a longer length of tippet to the ring and tie your nymph to that. Wouldn’t this solve the three problems with the dry fly that you listed?
Yes absolutely you could do that! It might cause a few more tangles in the tippet section, as your tippet is generally meant to cast slack with a dry fly. And in very still water you might want to have the tippet further away from the fly for pure dry fly. Good suggestion though!
Another ripper S. And I liked the slower pace! 🙂 Gave me time to drift away to that beautiful stretch of river! Have a merry christmas if we don't hear from you beforehand Mr. P. Looking forward to the comp results in 2025! Cheers PP
Excellent video, mate!
Thanks bud! :)
Enjoyed the video. I must admit, I've become a devotee of tying off the bend. Fishing off a separate dropper reminds me of the old days of knotted leaders. In any case, I've give it a try the next time I'm out. Tight lines.
Thanks mate! Hope it works for you! :)
Great video. Im so glad i found your channel. Tried the dropper tag trick yesterday and i tagged out with 6 big rainbows. Worked beautifully. Gonna have a good supper tonight. Thanks bud
That’s awesome mate, well done! :)
Great video Steve. It’s hard demonstrating knots on camera but that was easy to follow, I’ll be giving that a go.
Ah good stuff, thanks Dan!
Great instructional video Peachy! 100% agree on the figure of 8 knot for dropper, much easier to tie 👍
Thanks Dave! :)
Very good explanation Steve!
Thanks David! :)
Thanks Peachy!!!, that was awesome mate. Going to give that a go for sure. Up until now I have been tying my nymph off the bend of the dry fly.
Great stuff mate, let me know how you go with it. :)
Great instructional video. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Thanks, you’re welcome!
Another great video Steve ! Thanks for creating
The tippet ring idea is a cracker never thought of that
Thanks Cam! :)
This is an amazing video thank you! I just subscribed to your channel. Where do you get those foam spools that you use for premade dry droppers? Those look really cool.
Ah thanks so much, glad you liked it! The foam spools are from Soldarini from memory, they are an Italian tackle company. Loon make some individual ones also. :)
Thanks for sharing!
No problem! :)
Always such helpful content Peachy.
Thanks mate.
👌👌👌
Cheers Jonny! :)
Thanks for the Devin Olson knot. Happy to never again drag my fly through a loop 3 times 😂
Haha, totally! 😂
Thanks peachy great video , have been using a dropper tag to fish nymph under dry for a couple trips now but do you have any tips to stop the dry from being pulled under ? I have been trying to use less foam and more along the lines of tabanas caddis dries but always find that after a small drift they break the surface of the water particularly if there’s a bit of flow . I have been pretty conscious on using small nymphs and adding floatant etc but still seem to be running into this issue. Any tips are greatly appreciated !
For sure mate, here's a few ideas. Firstly, make sure to grease your leader well down to the tippet ring with something like payette paste to keep the leader floating. Gel floatant doesn't stay on long enough, you need proper grease or paste and keep doing it about once an hour or so. Because if your leader sinks, then when you go to pick up the flies it drags the dry fly under, so that's a big one. Apart from that, you need to choose a bouyant dry fly, and also a nymph with not too much weight. I fish nothing heavier than a 2.5mm tungsten bead on the nymph, often just a 2.3mm or even a 2mm. To get that to sink well, you need to tie a fly that is very lightly dressed (a perdigon even), and also you need to fish thin tippet down to the nymph, say 7X or lighter to get it to cut through and sink well. Also, give your dry fly a bit of treatment with some gel floatant, and regularly dry it with the rubber band trick, Amadou or cloth, and powder dessicant or fly dip. If you're in heavily broken water then you need a particularly bouyant dry fly, maybe something with deer hair or something like the cdc & poly caddis that I showed in the latest dry fly video. Hope that helps! :)
@@PeachyFlyFishing Thanks mate, certainly some things there i'm not doing there, really appreciate it!
No problem, hope it helps! Let me know how you go. :)
Awesome mate and great ideas💡 . Hey what foam tippet holders are they?
Thanks mate! Those ones are from Soldarini from memory, I got them from Meander Fly Co online store. :)
@PeachyFlyFishing legend Steve thankyou
No prob!
Could you tie a tippet ring to the end of your tippet and leave, say, 8” of tag to tie your dry fly to? Then tie a longer length of tippet to the ring and tie your nymph to that. Wouldn’t this solve the three problems with the dry fly that you listed?
Yes absolutely you could do that! It might cause a few more tangles in the tippet section, as your tippet is generally meant to cast slack with a dry fly. And in very still water you might want to have the tippet further away from the fly for pure dry fly. Good suggestion though!
@@PeachyFlyFishing, thanks! I’ll give it a try. I appreciate the info I get from your channel.
slowest video ever ... why take 30 seconds when you can waste 6 mins
Ok fair enough, thanks for the feedback, even if it was a little blunt! 😆
Another ripper S. And I liked the slower pace! 🙂 Gave me time to drift away to that beautiful stretch of river! Have a merry christmas if we don't hear from you beforehand Mr. P. Looking forward to the comp results in 2025! Cheers PP
Haha! Thanks PP, merry Christmas mate! 😆