Mike wrote in news:50fd594b-233d-4283-bda7-
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When you've got two flies separated by 24" or so, there's a greater
likelihood that at least one of them will be in the right place at the
right time. Even for those who have experience, depth variations in
the
streams are easier to deal with when you have two nymphs.

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Mike. I'm well aware that Germans mandate a maximum of 2" of depth
variation on their stream bottoms, but that's not the way it is in the US.
I don't believe I mentioned strike indicators at all. They can be very
useful to determine if you're getting a dead drift or not. One other trick
for nymphing is that lighter tippets mean less profile for the current to
push your rig around.

Obviously, if one fly in a two nymph rig is in the perfect place, the other
fly is not. The probability of one fly being in the right place, though,
is still better.

Nymphing can be tough and hard work, especially if your doing it right. I
think many folks don't appreciate the three-dimensionality of the problem.
In any case, every little bit helps. I find that using a second fly
increases my catch rate without increasing my rate of foul hooking, and
that's what I'll tell anyone who asks about it.


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Scott
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