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Fishing Tandem Flies: Tactics, Techniques, and Rigs to Catch More Trout

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I have rarely used tandem flies either fly or spin casting since the buggers (literally) get tangled up. A lot. Usually there would need to be a very heavy weighted fly or sinker on the bottom and the second leader, usually is not adjustable and rarely long enough. But that's just me.

Meck's book shows the real skinny about the type of flies to use, how to attach them and techniques that work best. I'm not saying I don't catch fish with my own tandem flies it's just that his way is better. A lot better. This is a great book to show you how to sepnd more time catching fish than untangling fishing lines/leaders. I will also be using this ice fishing here in Colorado.

Good how-to reference about how to use tandem rigs for fly fishing. Good for an intermediate fly fisherman who is looking to expand on basic techniques and master fishing multiple flies at one time.

If you like to fish tandem flies or are moving in that direction you will find this book to be very informative. It explores every conceivable method and rig for tandem fly fishing and is well illustrated. I am using it in conjunction with Dave Hughes book Trout Rigs & Methods and find them to be an unbeatable combo.

John A. Kinsfather

I found the author repeated the same stories and tangents in different areas of the book, but the advice for fishing tandem setups was solid and the author had experience to back it up. Worth reading.

The book is small in size but huge in content.

I've read for years about fishing a dropper fly or dropper flies. I've tried to concoct my own version of dropper flies based on bait rigs I've made for salt water. Bad design, terrible casting leading to dismal fish results. I knew there had to be more options than adding an additional leader tied to the first fly's hook or eye and that doesn't seriously weaken the leader.

Charles Meck lists far more multiple fly rigs than I thought were possible; he explains how each rig functions to present the flies properly and details the rig adjustments you can make to better meet conditions. Great stuff!

A good read for the tricks behind fishing tandem flies, if you think you know it all maybe you should give this book a try. Its not rocket science, but a good read and some lessons learned from it.