Dropper flies

[OldTimer]

Dropper flies

Here’s something I used to do in the salt for mackerel, and when fly fishing in freshwater for panfish and bass.

Basically it’s adding one or more smaller flies on droppers in front of a lure or jig…….. or trailing behind on a leader attached to the tail hook.

When fly fishing back then I usually trailed a small nymph or ant off the back of a large floating fly or popper. The small pond rock bass and sunfish loved it.

Some other examples:

http://www.floridasportsman.com/2013/04/...d-fly-rig/

http://www.doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreat...s/jigging/

http://lurefishingforbass.co.uk/fishing-...y-dropper/

For something different this year (and some S&G)- I hope to begin using this again using streamers in combination with plastic jigs - both in river fishing for all species,……… and in deep water fishing of a few Muskoka lakes for the hard to catch summer bottom dwellers.

Have any of you tried this in summer here in deep water?

Cheers,

OldTimer