A dry dropper is a two-fly rig that combines a dry fly and either a nymph or emerger, allowing you to fish on the surface and subsurface at the same time. If you’re fishing shallow water but not ...

guides these days, Tom Sadler likes to boost his clients’ chances of catching trout by having them fish with two flies instead of one. He sets them up with the kind of rig known as dry dropper: one ...

It’s the middle of the summer and the heat has been on high for weeks. Finally some cooler water has helped the temperature in the upper Colorado River. And with August right around the corner, ...

Last week, I wrote about my four favorite hopper-style flies that work wonders on our local rivers and creeks. This week is all about the flies we place below the hopper, the dropper fly. Most dropper ...

Fly fishing for bream is great fun, and an innovative double fly rig is deadly on the panfish. "I guarantee it will work for you," says avid fly angler Mike McQuiston, who fishes the St. Johns River ...

I was in seventh grade when I caught my first trout on a fly, using a royal coachman. Lee Wulff, the warrior god of modern fly-fishing, improved on this classic pattern, substituting hair for wings ...

Phillips' Gummy Rhyacophila, courtesy Fly and Field Outfitters. When the water visibility is good, out to three feet or better, try this bug under an indicator. With profile and movement that imitates ...