Tandem Chironomid Rigs are Deadly this Time of Year

May 22, 2009 at 1:00 am

A great post on the Hooked on Yukon Fishing Facebook page that I had to share.

It is almost chronie time at the pothole lakes. With the ice off and the weather warming, the water will be adrift with chronomid shucks. I love this time of year. Floating lines with 15 ft leaders and strike indicators are the ticket. Ice cream cones, colaborators and san juan worm flies will all work well. Focus on greens and browns with silver beads in 12-16. Simply cast out, wait 5 mins for the fly to sink to depth and do a slow finger strip retrieve. For best success tie on a chronomid pupa with a blood worm droper 6 inches from the chronie to make a tandem fly rig. Very effective. Just open your casting loop to avoid tangles.

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Tight Lines,

Steve Hahn

This tandem rig is deadly right now.  You can catch them both on the top and bottom fly.  For a great article on how to set this up and fish is check out Midcurrent.com.

Great to be back writing by the way. 

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