How to Fish It Casting a dry dropper rig will feel a lot like casting a dry fly, just with a bit of added weight. The real nuance involved in dry dropper fishing is learning to detect subsurface eats.

How to Set It Up. The key to a good dry dropper rig is making sure that your two flies work well together. If you’re going to fish a beadhead nymph, make sure to use a bigger dry fly that can ...

As for the type of fish, Oakland, Calif.-based cookbook author Nik Sharma prefers ones with a little more oil, such as salmon. The coriander gravlax from his book, “Season: Big Flavors ...