I've just got back into fishing after xx years! I tried dry fly for the first time a couple of months ago & enjoyed(?) the challenge. I happily fish a 3 fly cast with sinking line for wet-fly but thought I should stick to a single fly, floating line, to be effective with dry-fly. I recently read an article which seemed to suggest multi-fly casts for dry-fly too. Any one got any tackle/tactics thoughts/advice. Thanks

Personally dont like fishing 2 or 3 dries on a line but the washing line technique is very good method where you have a buoyant dry fly on the point say a foam shipmans buzzer and 1 or 2 droppers in betwen usually with small nymphs or buzzers ,spaced out on avg 4 ft,these tactics work well,alternatively you can have ,a dry fly on the dropper and a nymph on the point ,this method you can shorten the point fly to about 1 foot below your dry and fish very near the top .hth Johnny

I fish a dry as an indicator and the trout take it quite often which is a bonus! I use a nice bushy dry fly then just tie a tippet off the bend of the dry fly hook and add a nymph or a wee wet on the end. If you want to use a heavier nymph then just use an even more bouyunt(sp?) dry fly like a foam beatle.
All the best.
Mike

I had never fished with wet flies before this year. Trying it is adopting it. more than 700 trouts with in 2010... The yoyo

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When fishing very small dries I will sometimes use a Sedge or Elk Hair Caddis in front as an indicator. I'm talking ant and gnat imitations on 22 or 24 hooks which can be very hard to see if fishing in a dark area or fast flowing water. Basically the larger dry serves to tell me where my smaller fly should be and if I see a rise in that vicinity I know to lift into it. The bonus is that periodically I have a take on the indicator fly. As Mike said just tie a tippet off the bend of the larger dry.

Take care

Terry

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Today, I tried fishing a dry fly on point and top dropper and a buzzer in between. I got plenty of rises but found it difficult to keep both flies within the same field of vision - it was a windy overcast day with poor visibility. Came to the conclusion that one dry is enough, either on top dropper or point.

Thanks - lots of food for thought!
I've never considered tying a dropper to a hook, but might try it (any suggestions on knots?)! Now I just need to learn how to spot & time a strike!

Skeandhu

Mike and tinsoldier are bang on with using larger dry flies as sight indicators or to hold nymphs higher up in the water. I find a CDC hopper on the point combined with a couple of diawl bachs on the droppers, and a slow figure of eight retrieve highly effective. However, as with all things fishing, everything is condition dependent. On a calm day, with presentation paramount, a single dry fly will often out perform a team (or maybe thats just my casting!)
As for tying nylon to the bend of a dry fly, a tucked half blood is as good as anything. I like the riverge dropper eyes, as an easy way of tying droppers on, plus it give you the advantage of replacing the dropper without compromising the rest of the leader.
Trial and error will give you the best answers. Thats the joy of it. Best of luck.