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 ...

The local rivers are holding some incredible fly fishing between their banks. Anglers looking to maximize their time on the water are resorting to fishing with dry dropper rigs and for good reasons.

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 ...

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, ...

Using a nymph as a dropper with a dry fly makes all the sense in the world, and I’ve seen it recommended many times — and yet I’ve only tried it occasionally and half-heartedly. But after catching a ...

The upper St. Joe, Spokane and Kootenai rivers are providing the coolest water and best trout fishing for fly casters. The morning hours are best. Go with a dry-dropper rig with some flash on the ...

There is plenty of fishable water on every stretch of the Spokane River this week, and the trout don't seem to be concentrated in any one place. Silver Bow Fly Shop reports good action on dry-dropper ...

Fish have been on a dropper nymph, like a Prince Nymph, Hare’s Ear, Batman, red Copper John or Pheasant Tail. If fish are hitting the big dry, particularly tight to the banks, leave it off as it ...

Dry fly fishing has been hit or miss this week. A Chubby/dropper setup has been the go-to rig with a few fish eating the Chubby. Fish will eat a stonefly bug like a Chubby, Henry’s Fork Golden, Pete’s ...

Green Drakes, Caddis, Yellow Sallies and Blue Wing Olives are providing great dry fly fishing on the Blue River. Barry Kirkpatrick at Cutthroat Anglers in Silverthorne says the Drake hatch is at its ...

The Spokane River is still a good place to catch a trout. Silver Bow Fly Shop recommends dry-dropper rigs with a big chubby or hopper and various caddis nymphs. Nymph rigs have also been effective in ...