Hi everyone…
I am wondering what some of your favorite dropper combinations are.
Dry/nymph, nymph/nymph, streamer/nymph, nymph/egg…whatever you like!
I like to fish a “dropper” on top, like a copper john or other nymph, and my streamers or eggs a little deeper. Some days are diamonds, others are just days.
I usually go nymph/nymph, say a 10-12 followed by a 16-18. I am amazed how many fish that smaller dropper attracts and I love the double hookups. The first fly is usually the more elaborate and the dropper fly is always something very simple.
“Give me ambiguity or give me something else”
I like 2 nymphs on the rivers the first one with some weight and the second a small ptn, Or on the lakes I like to use a dragon fly nymph on the point and a green damsel nymph on the dropper.
That one for me depends on what time of year. Right now dry/nymph. When it gets warm, I like nymph/nymph.
she who dies with the most toy’s wins.
Size 8 yellow foam pusher (Dremel bug) with a size 10 scud 
. So I guess foam pusher/scud. The bream love it 
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Robert B. McCorquodale
Sebring, FL
“Flip a fly”
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I like to use a larger foam popper followed by an emerger. I call it popper/dropper.
Ed
To me it just seems right to use a streamer chasing a nymph
I also use the traditional “cast” of wet flys.
In the salt I use two streamers, but plan on tring other combos this year.
Streamer/shrimp
Streamer/worm fly
“The first of April is the day we remember what we are the other 364 days of the year”
Mark Twain
I pretty much always fish a dropper combo of some type. Most of the winter is a nymph/nymph combo. Normally an attractor of some sort as the point fly(SJW, scud, bigger nymph). The dropper fly is normally a midge or a smaller nymph.
Summer is dry/dropper time. Hopper/dropper, etc.
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My favourite at the right time of year is a dry on the point and a nymph on the dropper, to hold the nymph high in the water when the fish are taking emergers
Born to fish, forced to work.
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I often fish a dry with a similar emerger below or a dry or emerger with a nymph below. I do that if I have a good idea about what the trout are feeding on. If I am not sure I will fish different types of insects to see what it is they are after. I also use a bead head wooly booger with a nymph either above or below to get it down deep. I like to experiment a lot. It adds to the entertainment value of the days fishing and increases my knowledge base.