Dropper!?!?!

I have been testing a new technique that I read about on the NGTO (North Georgia Trout Online). It is called a dropper rig. There are a couple different ways to use this rig, but I have only tried one of them. I am hoping to tie the other two on this weekend. I have caught a lot of fish on a nymph to nymph dropper. I generally use a bead head Prince Nymph followed by a smaller pheasant tail, scud, or egg pattern. This technique drawn a lot of strikes from bigger fish sitting in pools when the dry fly isn't working, or on sluggish fish during the winter. Another way to utilize the dropper method is tying a small nymph to a larger dry fly such as a stimulator. In this case the dry fly is used as an indicator plus can still attract potential strikes... I plan on trying this out very soon! Then lastly is a technique that came up in the Western parts...the hopper dropper. This consist of tying a nymph off the hook of a hopper or terrestrial fly.

Big Fish on at the East Fork...

What a beauty!

So it wasn't that big, but good size and fun the bring in. She was the biggest rainbow I have seem or had the privilege of viewing in South Carolina. I landed this fish on a # 14 prince nymph with an egg pattern trailing behind it. The fish nailed the nymph and took off downstream. I reeled and walked towards it and was able to net it. Needless to say I was pretty excited! I took a photo, then back in the water it went...I have only seen one fish larger in SC, and that was a Brown in the Chattooga River. I have seen a lot more fish a lot bigger than this in the mountains of Georgia, which is only an hour and a half from me. I would like to head that way during the delay harvest months. I am hoping to get out there sometime in November or December.