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 ...

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 ...