Matt
Since I don't have an extra 35 hours to respond, let me be brief.
Leave the floating line on for now. Even when going wet, I usually use my floating spool and drop a nymph off a dry fly as the indicator, or use a corkie and drop two nymphs off of it.
It goes like this (for me)-
DT4F flyline nailknotted to a one foot section of Amnesia line.
Amnesia line, looped at the loose end to a leader (typically 5x, 9-12') that also has a loop tied into it and interconnect the 2 loops. About 18 inches to 2 feet of tippet surgeon knotted to the leader.
First fly, dry or wet, whichever way you choose.
If dry, tie another section of tippet onto the hookbend of the dry that is long enough to put your dropped fly near the bottom. If wet, I usually drop off the hookbend about 12 to 18 inches and adjust the depth of both by adjusting the corkie on the line above them (pegged with a toothpick to secure it in place)
Add little split shots or twist-ons as needed to get down in time, depending on the current.
Tippet in this case is 5-7x, depending on water clarity, depth, flow, sunshine, # of beers I had, etc.
Hope that helps. Feel free to email me if you have any specific questions.
Steve
[ 05-14-2001: Message edited by: Saltine ]