Horizontal

[Fly Goddess]

You can cut the second hook off, stager them or I just put them side by side....need to squish the barbs yet.
You can do this with any nymph even streamers. Great for deep nymphing.

[Normand]

why? please explain. more info

[51BC]

Goddess
Do I understand the picture correctly, heavy weighted fly / shot below the pictured fly ? If so, it looks like a winner to me, but you might run in to leagle issues in places that don't allow wieght below the hook.

[FishnDave]

I like that idea! I can see making use of that when ice-fishing, too!

[Fly Goddess]

It would look better if I had cut the bend off the other hook.

51BC, you are correct in that there is heavy weight on the end....so maybe a Czech Nymph?!

Fish Dave, that is kind of what got me thinking about this fly, but it does work on soft water too.

Calm days it will sit nice and Horizontal, but if there are waves, it gets a really nice movement while you sit in one spot.
Definitely more advantageous on stillwater I think.

[lastchance]

Hi Fly Goddess: I'm confused. What am I looking at in the photo. Did I miss a previous post of yours?
Bruce

[sagefisher]

Fly Goddess,

You going to tie those at the East Idaho Fly Expo in April?

Larry ---sagefisher---

[Cold]

So...as I understand it...this is a scaled-down, trout version of a bass spin fisherman's drop-shot rig for soft plastics?

[sagefisher]

Cold,

Some of my guides in Montana rig up my nymphing rod with a weight on the bottom and above that are the two nymphs attached to short tippets that are tied off on the leader.

I prefer to have my lead (if needed) above the top nymph, but I never argue with a guide. I figure he knows the river and I will fish it the way he suggests.

Like Fly Goddess said, this fly she tied would be great in a lake or very slow moving soft water since it is horizontal. I may have to give it a try on some of my lake flies that I don't actively work in the water.

Larry ---sagefisher---

[FishnDave]

I'm wondering if flipping the fly over would increase hook-ups? Since the fly rigged this way is less likely to roll around in the fishes mouth, and since you would be pulling up to set the hook, I'm thinking the hook would make better contact with the fish's upper jaw if it was flipped over so the hook-point was up?

I dunno...maybe the fulcrum action would drive the hook point down into the lower jaw if fished as shown?