03-19-2014, 03:10 AM
This afternoon, I had a few free hours and hit the LoPro. It was a very nice day with lots of action. However, I had something happen repeatedly that I found odd. I caught 3 fish that I accidentally snagged! I was using 2 flies separated by 10-14 inches of tippet with the top fly tied on to the tag of a double surgeon knot and the bottom fly was at the distal end of the tippet. A weight was attached about 10-12 inches above the top fly. I was using an indy.
I guess my question is if there was some error in technique causing this or if it is "one of those things". I have done this before rarely on the fly and I have had it/seen it happen from time to time using gear, fishing a variety of techniques, especially with tandem rigs while ice fishing or vertical jigging. Usually it happens by the fish hitting the top offering, missing on the hookset with the top hook and then snagging the fish with the bottom hook. 2 of three appeared to be snagged this way, but I had one snagged on the top fly also. Is anything to be done or should I just chalk it up to one of those things?
FWIW, the fishing was great. They were crushing grey sows and I got a few on sj's. Didn't really cycle through a lot of other flies today. Caught 2 16-18 in football bows (non snagged) that really put a
on my face.
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I guess my question is if there was some error in technique causing this or if it is "one of those things". I have done this before rarely on the fly and I have had it/seen it happen from time to time using gear, fishing a variety of techniques, especially with tandem rigs while ice fishing or vertical jigging. Usually it happens by the fish hitting the top offering, missing on the hookset with the top hook and then snagging the fish with the bottom hook. 2 of three appeared to be snagged this way, but I had one snagged on the top fly also. Is anything to be done or should I just chalk it up to one of those things?
FWIW, the fishing was great. They were crushing grey sows and I got a few on sj's. Didn't really cycle through a lot of other flies today. Caught 2 16-18 in football bows (non snagged) that really put a
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