acoffman3
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Ok so I've noticed that a lot of people fish using tandem rigs or droppers so I was wondering if I could get some advice on them; best way to set it up, which patterns work best, best way to fish it, etc.
Ok so I've noticed that a lot of people fish using tandem rigs or droppers so I was wondering if I could get some advice on them; best way to set it up, which patterns work best, best way to fish it, etc.
Centerpin is correct, but I'll add to that. There are 3 main setups I use when using a dropper.
As far as fly selection goes, pay attention to the bug life around you. If you see Caddis coming off the water, then your dry should resemble the Caddis you see. If you see BWO's, tie on a larger dry with a small BWO off of it. If you see no dry activity and you are going to nymph, pick up a rock or two and see if you see larvae on them. If not, your standard pheasant tails, soft hackles, and hares ear nymphs will work. If using two nymphs, I like to tie one natural one on and then one really flashy nymph.
- Dry/Dropper- this can also be reffered to as a Hopper/Dropper combo. I use this on smaller streams a lot. Use a high floating dry more or less as an indicator with a hook. Drop a nymph far enough off the bend of the dry to drag the bottom.
- Dry/Dry- I will do this to be able to fish smaller drys that I can't see very well. The lead dry will be larger and once again act as an indicator with a hook. Works well on tailwaters when the fish are keying in on really small bwo's and midges. Another type fly you can use in this situation is an emerger. If you are seeing fish slash topwater, you are throwing the fly that is hatching, but they won't hit it, they are probably taking the emergers.
- Double Nymph- This I will do in larger water in the wintertime when nymphing is key. You can cover a wider variety of food selection and also more than one water column. Another variation of this is a streamer and a nymph.
Hope this helps.
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