{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: 2-fly rigs

I typically tie to the bend of the hook, but i have also tied a second piece of tippet to the eye of the upper fly and then tied the second fly to that. Not sure if the action was any better though.

On Thursday, April 4, 2013 10:43:51 AM UTC-4, TurbineBlade wrote:

Hey - rigging question:  How do most of you rig up more than 1 fly when you're not fishing nymphs?  

For nymphs I've been using the "inline" method of tying the subsequent flies to the hook bends of the flies before them.  This works fine and doesn't tangle too badly, but when I've done this with streamers and (of course) soft hackles I can't help but feel that the "upper" flies being attached to tippet on both ends have very little action and may not be serving much purpose....(i.e. they're basically just stiff, lifeless hobos along for the ride).  

I've read that some folks leave a blood knot tag end a little long and use that, and others said they tie a surgeons knot and leave one tag end of that a bit longer to tie to the fly.  

What method do you recommend?  

Gene

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