About this episode

The episode discusses the misconceptions surrounding dry dropper fishing and the challenges of achieving good drifts with both dry flies and nymphs.

Dry dropper is great. Just put a nymph under that dry fly and get the best of both worlds. Right? Not so fast . . . The idea that you can have your cake and eat it too — that you'll get perfect drifts on the dry fly and the nymph — and that you somehow double your chances by dropping a nymph under the dry is not true. This is the big lie of dry dropper fishing. Here's the problem: In most cases, neither fly ends up with a great drift. Instead, both flies are compromised and their natural dr...

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Host: Domenick Swentosky

Topics covered

• dry dropper fishing
• nymph fishing
• fly fishing techniques
• fishing myths
• drift quality

Keywords

• dry dropper
• nymph
• fly fishing
• drift
• fishing techniques
• myths
• compromise

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