tjm 0 Report post Posted August 13, 2018 What are peoples opinion on fishing a dropper nymph on 3-4 feet of tippet? I don't usually fish droppers or bobbers, I get distracted by them and miss fish, I can't cast them very well either, so, I pick a type fly and fish it to the best of my ability; but in a recent discussion with guides on an Ozark trout lake it came out that they "fly fish" with as much as 15' of leader below the bobber/indicator. If using a hair bug or dry fly in place of the thingabobbermahooyoucallit, I"d guess that 12' or 15' might be appropriate in water that deep; they were talking about dragging bottom with a scud under an indicator. At that depth I'd probably use sink tip or spinning rig. I would rather use a fly and dropper than an indicator because as mentioned trout love to strike indicators. And leader knots. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DarrellP 0 Report post Posted August 13, 2018 For panfish, a popper. For trout a hopper or chernobyl ant, or a big Elk Hair Caddis. Whatever, it has to float with the nymph attached. And be readily seen. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites