Video: The Instant Dropper Knot
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[media width=675 height=406]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7H0lvKvsmtA[/media]
Ok now I will claim to have invented this one, although I certainly may not be the first person. Anyone ever seen this before? It’s awesome.
Zach
Hey Zach, I use a guide’s version of your invention. Fishing shoal bass on the Flint, I’ll often have angler throwing a topwater but when we come to a deep run that I think holds fish and they won’t take the popper, I want to add the dropper.
While my angler continues to throw the popper, I tie the complete clinch (std or improved) on my finger and just leave the loop open. Then I have him bring in fly, and then I just slip the loop over the hook bend and tighten the loop. The angler is back fishing barely missing a beat.
Kent - FlyFishGA
Well shucks – `thought I’d invented something.
Yeah, Zach – only advantage for variation is the angler can keep fishing while I rig except for a couple of seconds when I slip the knot on the hook bend. If I’m rigging my rod while fishing, I prefer tying the fly on last – when you have that fly dangling, there’s always a chance of it hooking on something.
Kent - FlyFishGA
Ha, I’ve invented how not to do alot of things…but I def. wont be making a video of it.
Nice Work Zach, I think it is a pretty good twist on a pretty good concept.
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