Leader to fly knots?

[steelhead]

I use a douple surgeons knot to make my loop for the lead fly. For my droppers, I don't use a loop knot. The flies tend to flop aobut toomuch and get twisted arouond the main leader. I tie the droppers short and use a clinch knot to tie the fly on the dropper.

[riarcher]

Originally Posted by steelhead

I use a douple surgeons knot to make my loop for the lead fly. For my droppers, I don't use a loop knot. The flies tend to flop aobut toomuch and get twisted arouond the main leader. I tie the droppers short and use a clinch knot to tie the fly on the dropper.

Just started using droppers again (A nice guy on these boards convinced me). I noticed if my cast was sloppy(?) (tight loops/forced) my looped flies would snag much more often. Smooth cast with wider loops seemed to help,,,, a lot.
Of course this danged wind isn't helping my learning much either!! Seems the challenge is keeping my hat on most of the time.

[Bigcat]

Non slip mono loop is all I use

[FishHawk]

I use the improved clinch. Works for me. Will fish more droppers this season. Another way to do droppers is to let the fly slide up and down the leader between the barrel knots. Works in trout fishing don't see why it wouldn't work in the Salt. FishHawk

[baldwin]

I use a variation of the improved clinch knot that has a loop. The loop allows the fly to move and swing more, gives it better action.