Got my Dots a couple weeks ago, and found something out today. Being very clumsy myself, and walking thru thick willows fishing the home waters, whenever I use a dry+dropper rig I snag the #$@#*&$ dropper nymph all the time, on branches, my net, my shirt, my waders, my dawg....

The dots hold multiple loops of tippet just as well as they hold one strand. I looped my dry to dropper tippet a few times and the dot holds it in place. The dropper nymph is safe and doesn't snag while pushing thru the #$#$^& willows.

I have tried the 'loop the dropper around the reel and up to a snake guide' trick before, and always end up at just the wrong length of tippet, that still gets a loop snagged on branches while hiking thru willows. The Dots do the trick much better in opinion. If you don't know what Dots are, check FAOL's sponsor page. Little velcro thingys that hold your tippet to the reel so you don't lose the tippet.

Thumbs up for Dots from here!
DANBOB