Catch More Trout With Tandem Fly Fishing
Published 2022-11-18
What would happen if you were able to offer the trout a choice; between a dun and an emerger, or an attractor dry fly and a nymph, or two types of spinners, or a caddis and a midge?
The simple answer is that you would catch more trout!
In this video, Andy Leitzinger draws upon over 40 years of his journal entries to provide an introduction to Fly Fishing with Tandems. Learn about favorite tandem combinations, effective techniques and tactics and a few really good literary resources.
If you are able, give these techniques a try and be prepared to catch more trout!
References mentioned in this video:
www.amazon.com/Fishing-Tandem-Flies-Tactics-Techni…
www.amazon.com/Patterns-Hatches-Tactics-Trout-Char…
www.amazon.com/Trout-Tales-Watershed-Heroes-BANKNO…
All Comments (14)
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Excellent video! Simple, basic information, yet not necessarily obvious. Thank you for sharing!
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Hi Andrew! I knew I recognized your name, from Charlie’s books! Very nice to hear your take on traditional fly fishing, really not the wave of today’s techniques. Hopefully we can remind people, with our videos, we can show people how effective traditional methods are, still keeping to the roots of our sport. I do use some perdigons and a fair amount of synthetic material, so changing and keeping up with new stuff is important too, always learning 👍🏻. Thanks again for sharing your knowledge.
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Yes, we are blessed to be in the rive and FlyFishing and very thankful. I have a saying seven hours in the river is like seven seconds.
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Watching your video gave me an idea I intend to try! Instead of tying the point fly to the dropper at the bend, I am going to tie the dropper on with a Jack Miller knot (far stronger than a clinch, imo) and then,using 6 lb. fluorocarbon tippet, tie that just above the hook eye of the dropper onto the leader instead of on the bend of the hook! The point fly tippet could not slip off a barbless hook of the dropper and the dropper would be easier for a trout to take into it’s mouth because there is no leader with a point fly dangling off it, at the point of the dropper to interfere! I almost never fish dry but fish wet with 2 flys, usually a larger streamer style fly on the point and a smaller wet fly about 2 feet ( more or less )! I fish with pulls and pauses to make it appear the larger fly is trying to catch the dropper! Thanks for this!
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Love charlie Meck....got all hus books
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the quickest and easiest way to tie the dropper onto the dry fly is to just tie the improved clinch in your fingers with no fly..the knot and loop will stay in place then you just slide it over the bend of the hook and tighten it up..i never tie it directly on the dry fly while holding the dry in my hand..
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Andrew - quick question for you - I was looking for more information on a pattern you mention - the "no refusal emerger" - can you tell me where I might find more information and perhaps some tying instructions for that pattern? Love your videos and love Penns Creek! Keep them coming!
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Andrew, this just popped up on YouTube and I found it of great value and reinforcement of the book (and ebook) by Charlie on fishing the tandem. All of the streams you have mentioned I have fished in PA and they are life changing for sure (I travel up from my home in Maryland). Oh, love seeing that you too have a Green Book (Gov/Military Log book), I have several.
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very interesting video, keep up the good work.
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Thanks.Ths is so very helpful and inspiring. I really need to finally start trying. :--)
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In your opinion do the caddis on penns have a brown or black thorax
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What is your favorite sulpher emerger
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I usually get up to penns acouple times a year .so dont really know the stream all that well .what bugs would you carry in the first part of october ?
