H3Fisher
In the creeks globugs and minnow imitation. Very light tippet, waters been clear. Lost a couple this past weekend on small beadhead nymphs also.

Conditions are ruff. If you can try to holdoff till day after rain.

Thanks! How light is light, 5, 4, 3X? I've been using plain 6 lb trilene fluorocarbon the past few times, is that light enough or should I go smaller?

When using floro tippet make sure you wet your knots before you cinch them down. I was having problems landing fish (breaking off) with 5x (3.7 lb) tippet. I was being lazy and not wetting them. Will only go to 4lb if I absolutely have to. Good fresh chrome can beat you up with out a good drag and good knots.
 

bingsbaits
When using floro tippet make sure you wet your knots before you cinch them down. I was having problems landing fish (breaking off) with 5x (3.7 lb) tippet. I was being lazy and not wetting them. Will only go to 4lb if I absolutely have to. Good fresh chrome can beat you up with out a good drag and good knots.
 

Bings nailed it -
With the light line you must wet it first or they will fail. Had it happen to me as well and finally caught on when I noticed they were breaking off at the knot and not below it last year.
 
Also, I use a 10lb leader and attach tippet as needed. I don't buy the spools 3x,5x or what ever. I just buy normal 2,4,6,10lb fluro and put them on smaller spools. You can buy the small spools for 99 cents at walmart with junk mono - Pull that mono off and then spool the good line on using a drill. You're paying the same for 100-250 yards of good fluro as most tapered leaders cost and you're not lugging around big spools of line.
 
 
 

Use Nose grease to wet your line when making a knot. Take your thumb and fore finger and rub the grease out of the side of your nose. Rub the grease onto your knot before cinching. No joke, works like a charm.
 
BH

If I'm reading that right, I like my flies to be more than 8' from my fly line.

My setup is as follows:
 
6 inch section of 20lb orange amnesia line connected to Fly line with Loop 2 Loop connection.
 
About a 3-4foot section of 12 to 10lb leader connected to the amnesia line with loop connection.
 
Then I run about a 3 to 5 foot section of my tippet using a double surgeon knot (I think thats what its called). If I;m running a tandem setup I'll use 3 foot and about a foot between 1st fly and 2nd fly. If single fly I'll use about a 5 foot section of tippet.
 
Keep your indicator on the leader this way you'll save them most of the time if you break off or snag up on a rock or tree.

I use a tapered regular trout leader with a loop to loop connection to my flyline. Cut it to about 6' and then add 3-5 feet of tippet depending on whether I'm running a double rig or not.  

Divemaster
I'll have to try that this time and see if it works any better. Are you using all fluorocarbon for both your leader and tippet? Also you said to keep the float on the leader but if it's another 5' between it and the fly wouldn't that be too long for around here?

I tried Mono, but didn't care for it too much stretch. I user fluro for both. And I'll adjust as needed. I don't always put the indicator on the main leader, but in snag prone areas I will.
 
You can also add the flyline float gel to your leader if you don't want it sinking into the water. Doesn't last long but works.

bingsbaits

BloodyHand
Use Nose grease to wet your line when making a knot. Take your thumb and fore finger and rub the grease out of the side of your nose. Rub the grease onto your knot before cinching. No joke, works like a charm.
 
BH

So you are saying a "Snot Knot" is the way to go....Hmmmmm.

No No No. Not in side your nose, get the grease from the outside of your nose. Call it a " Nose Not " not a " Snot Not "..............LOL
 
BH

Anyone else fish today? We hit east side Tribs for 9 hours without so much as a hit. Saw a total of one fish out of all three creeks. Worked middle sections, mouths, and in the lake a bit with flies (buggers, glo bugs, scrambled eggs, and streamers), spoons, inline spinners, CP swings, and single eggs. Going to try some different ones tomorrow, hopefully we have better luck.