I feel like I spend more of my time untangling messes like this than actually fishing
Posted by Disastrous-Loan7274
6 Comments
ferrulewax on
Important question here is how are you getting the knots. It’s probably your casting stroke.
First thing I would do is to only fish one fly at a time. I would also suggesT casting with a more open slow loop instead of trying to shoot tight loops at distance. Minimize your false casts as well, and use more water hauls and roll casts.
anonymousaardvark69 on
Throw a simpler setup. Two flies and a bobber is already a pain, three is even worse for tangles. If you are snagging up like this regularly, your cast is probably not ready for a multi-fly setup.
You will need to cast a nice big open loop and lay your line out clean or you will have trouble.
SeeDub23 on
Knots get exponentially more likely as you add flies. I would take 2 flies off for now, fishing 1 fly is better than 0 🤷🏼♂️
Deezy-Da-Rock on
Tie about 12-18” of tippet to your leader using a triple surgeon knot. Put split shot at the knot. Adjustable Indicator somewhere above on the leader. Tie attractor fly or nymph to the tippet. Add 12-18 inches of tippet at the fly. Add another fly at the bottom. Use two flies instead of 3. Three flies is problematic. Not saying you won’t have this happen but it will happen less
TroutCat4 on
If I tried to cast with three flies I would not be avoiding tangles like that at all.
Holiday-Medium-256 on
My son the guide tells me “quit being such a spaz and let the rod do the work”. He gets mad at me!
When working a rig like this I used to try and cast too far. You can’t do it like casting a dry fly. Man I got all sorts of knots like this.
Which is terrible for me (63M) with arthritic thumbs and needing 3power cheaters to re tie. Took me 1/2 hour.
Slowing Move a little closer to the seam you are working and try flipping the rig with your wrist. At the end of your drift. Load up the tip and plop it right back in the bubble line and working again. Casts Like 2.5 rod lengths of line max.
That worked for me.
6 Comments
Important question here is how are you getting the knots. It’s probably your casting stroke.
First thing I would do is to only fish one fly at a time. I would also suggesT casting with a more open slow loop instead of trying to shoot tight loops at distance. Minimize your false casts as well, and use more water hauls and roll casts.
Throw a simpler setup. Two flies and a bobber is already a pain, three is even worse for tangles. If you are snagging up like this regularly, your cast is probably not ready for a multi-fly setup.
You will need to cast a nice big open loop and lay your line out clean or you will have trouble.
Knots get exponentially more likely as you add flies. I would take 2 flies off for now, fishing 1 fly is better than 0 🤷🏼♂️
Tie about 12-18” of tippet to your leader using a triple surgeon knot. Put split shot at the knot. Adjustable Indicator somewhere above on the leader. Tie attractor fly or nymph to the tippet. Add 12-18 inches of tippet at the fly. Add another fly at the bottom. Use two flies instead of 3. Three flies is problematic. Not saying you won’t have this happen but it will happen less
If I tried to cast with three flies I would not be avoiding tangles like that at all.
My son the guide tells me “quit being such a spaz and let the rod do the work”. He gets mad at me!
When working a rig like this I used to try and cast too far. You can’t do it like casting a dry fly. Man I got all sorts of knots like this.
Which is terrible for me (63M) with arthritic thumbs and needing 3power cheaters to re tie. Took me 1/2 hour.
Slowing Move a little closer to the seam you are working and try flipping the rig with your wrist. At the end of your drift. Load up the tip and plop it right back in the bubble line and working again. Casts Like 2.5 rod lengths of line max.
That worked for me.