02-23-2008, 03:21 AM
Fishing small streams with lots of brush and trees on the edges I stick with 4x or bigger tippet and no second fly. I use a dry fly. With two flies I can be guaranteed that when I cast to the tree fish I will have to stumble over and untangle flies in the branches. Using one dry fly and 4x or larger tippet the fly has a lot less tendancy to wrap around the branches. A lot of the time I can gently tease the fly out of the bushes without needing to go to the fly.
Using nymphs in a small stream means you are constantly hanging up on the rocks moss, leaves and twigs in the water. So if I must nymph then I will use a dry fly with dropper nymph. I don't put any weight on. I tend to grease the tippet part way to the nymph to keep the nymph just below the surface. All this to try to minimize the snagging in the water.
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Using nymphs in a small stream means you are constantly hanging up on the rocks moss, leaves and twigs in the water. So if I must nymph then I will use a dry fly with dropper nymph. I don't put any weight on. I tend to grease the tippet part way to the nymph to keep the nymph just below the surface. All this to try to minimize the snagging in the water.
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