tandem rig help

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jiggerman41
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2009/08/04 11:17:17 (permalink)

tandem rig help

last year i started using a tandem fly set-up.i was using different colored sucker spawn for both flies.i was wondering if anyone could give me any other flies to try.
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    pxatim
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    RE: tandem rig help 2009/08/04 11:20:47 (permalink)
    The possibilities are endless. Any egg or sucker spawn with a bead head nymph dropper. San Juan worms with a nymph or egg dropper also work well.
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    KJH807
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    RE: tandem rig help 2009/08/04 12:13:43 (permalink)
    you fly selection and rigging work togeather
     
     
    heavy fly first and bounce the bottom?
    heavy fly as a point working the vertical Cezch rake?
     
    attactor fly first with a subtle dropper?
     
     
    here is some info
    http://forums.fishusa.com/tandem_flies/m_127885/tm.htm
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    RE: tandem rig help 2009/08/05 11:40:38 (permalink)
    A double sucker spawn combo is the best tandem/dropper rig that you could fish. I would only suggest you try a large sucker spawn with a smaller one to see if they have a size preference.
    After that...it's either pink, orange, or cream.


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    RE: tandem rig help 2009/08/05 13:05:09 (permalink)
    An interesting combo I've tried that works. Use a three way swivel on the end of you leader and then attach a wooly bugger to about 3' of line to one side of the swivel and a weighted nymph, or bead head to the dropper about 3'>4' down. One bounces the bottom and one rides the curent

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    RE: tandem rig help 2009/08/05 13:15:32 (permalink)
    Jack...does that cast in real life any better than its casting in my mind's eye? I see death, destruction, and, amazingly enough, explosions in my future if I try casting that.
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    RE: tandem rig help 2009/08/05 15:00:24 (permalink)
    Nope,
    In my experience they just lay parallel to each other and then in the water just untangle themselves because the swivel does just that , it swivels. Try it one time on a creek and see if you don't like it I like it so much I bought the company. Now I have hair!

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    RE: tandem rig help 2009/08/06 01:02:01 (permalink)
    It depends on where I'm fishing, but if I'm fishing a limestone creek(and nothing is hatching) then I go with the bh pheasant tail and bh scud.  If I am fishing for stocked trout its always dead drifting a bugger with a sucker spawn dropper(I know it sounds a little funny but it works).  For stealhead I do the same thing I do for stocked trout.

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