The Northern California Fly Fishing Board

Hi Bjorn
I keep touch with my nymphs when I can and use 2 nymphs mostly, sometimes 3 if it's more of a swimming wetfly or lake fishing. You seem to be talking them taking the top fly then you set into them with the dropper. That happens to me every once in a while (a pectoral fin or near the tail). So you think it's a slow set? I'd thought about this too and figured it was a product of messy currents (not being about to keep a good line to the nymph) and a poor layout of the cast, but I think you might be right at least some of the time. I know I don't get as many when I strip set but you can't do that when the tip is high. How far are you running between flies?

Dry w/ a shorter dropper is the worst snag setup for me. Czech will occasionally get the true snag across the back. I hate that one and feel like a bastard when it happens.