Doubles

[okflyfisher]

This year i seemto be tuned in to catching two fish at a time on a two fly set up.In the past month i have caught the following doubles:
rainbow trout -sand bass
bluegill- bluegill
bluegill- lm bass
catfish - catfish
lm-bass- lm bass

Today i caught 3 doubles of lm bass two 3.5 lb, two 1.5 lb, two 10inch. the bass were busting bait over deep water in schools of 5 or 6 fish all in the school seemed to be the same size

It not that I have not caught doubles before but never with this kind of frequency .To tell you the truth i am afraid i am going to be struck by lightning

[FishnDave]

That's pretty cool! Especially the multispecies doubles! I haven't tried two flies... how do you keep the flies from becoming tangled?

[okflyfisher]

Tie the top fly to the 5" tag from the tippet to leader knot, tie the bottom fly to the end of the tippet 20-24" away from top fly. the top fly is light weight or unweighted and the bottom fly is weighted.

[Prairieschooner]

I caught a double on bass last year and a bluegill/bass double this year, both on a hopper 'n' dropper rig.

[sagefisher]

ok,

For lightning you need to fish triple fly rigs Congrats on so many doubles. It is rather unusual to have so many. I love it when the fish try to go in opposite directions.

Larry ---sagefisher---

[okflyfisher]

Sage I have caught a few triples but years and years ago in Michigan in a lake that had schools of yellow perch. if you didn't bring it in fast after the first one hit you would occasionally end up with 3.

The bad part of a multiple fly rig is when a bigger fish flops during the release and sticks the extra fly in a finger . i fish barb-less as i imagine most of you do but it still stings . If it was not for the bigger catfish i would give three flies a shot again in warm water. i do fish 3 flies for trout all the time although double trout are very rare