Am i right in thinking that the distance from the end of the fly line to the dry{sight} fly is four feet and from the dry{sight} fly to the point really depends on the depth of water you are fishing? Thank You

you would be corect on the last part unless the fish are feeding at another depth ie higher up in the water but i would not have my dry fly only 4 foot from the end of my fly line unless you were fihing a very small brook or a certain area on the river with heavy vegetation snags ect i would want it to be at least the lenth of my rod but thats just my own preference though .

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Agree about positioning the dry. Dropper length can be 12" up to as much as you can handle, but in practical terms 4' is towards the maximum for casting any real distance. A heavier point fly helps turn over a longer dropper but will need a bushier dry to hold it up.

THREE WAY'S TO FISH A DUO!

1, A Klink and Dink : End of fly line, attach appropriate length of leader (usually the length of the rod) attach klink then ad two foot or more (depending on depth of water) of mono then attach the wet fly, bead head etc!

2, A klink and Dink, But this time use a dropper for the Klink; and a wet fly, bead head for the point fly!

3, Duo Dry! AS above using either method, it helps when fishing very very small dry flies; and there's always the possibility that a fish will take your sight fly!


I don't use this method! I struggle to see - watch the tiny dry fly! Just lift if a rise is in the vicinity of where my dry should be!

Hope this helps.

Mostyn

I was fishing with jeffr last Tuesday, and he was using method 2 on your post Mostyn.
He had a large elk hair type fly on the dropper and a flourescent pink nymph on the point, worked VERY well indeed, I and he were surprised how many fish he caught using that method.
It really made me think just what fish I may have missed that day, by sticking with my dry fly only set up.
S.

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Thanks fellas for your input, i was thinking about useing a balloon caddis as the dry {sight} fly and some sort of beaded nymph for the point.

Forgot to say, jeff had his about 4ft apart, and was fishing in fast streamy water, in small pools.
He didn't seem to catch the bottom much considering there was quite a bit of weed on the boulders.
S.

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Four feet to your dry isn't enough. Try more like 9 feet and then position your nymph beyond the dry dependant on the water you're fishing - usually about 3 feet is ok, giving a total leader length of only 12 feet.

I much prefer the dry to be presented on a dropper rather than lashed to the bend of the dry - far superior presentation of both flies - and remember: the nymph does not hang vertically below the dry, even in very slow water. Water pressure of the current on the leader material keeps the trailing point fly well up in the water, so despite what some people believe, the duo is not a method for presenting nymphs at depth (unless you go for a heavier trio rig where greater searching of the water column is possible). This is what Mr Trout is alluding to regarding JeffR's presentation - the set up can be fished in surprisingly thin water if there is a bit of pace to the current.

Finally, give equal thought to presentation of both the nymph and the dry. The duo is not simply a method of presenting a nymph under an indicator.

M

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For winter grayling fishing and early season trout fishing on the Eden I use this set-up:

Flyline to top dropper, about 4 ft.

Top dropper to first dropper, again about 4 ft.

First dropper to point, you guessed it - 4 ft.

For a shallow run I put a lightly weighted nymph on the point and an indicator fly on the first dropper. For deeper water, obviously, I put a heavier bug on the point and move the indicator fly to the top dropper.

Indicator usually a big Pensioner (a la P.Mackenzie-Philps) - best rough water sight fly ever imo.

Not really applicable to the question! We all know about a team of three = two droppers and a point fly!