Looking back I got a foot or so of 20# chameleon leader base, then the utragreen. I just had 8#, 6# and 4# in the tube by the end of the season, and one made up stored in case I got a big tangle. I've been fishing multifly rigs in streams for years, it's just so productive. When, I believe it was you Dave, posted about Loch fishing and these setups last summer I felt it would work for how I like to fish. It may look like a mess waiting to happen, but really the only time it tangles is when I try to make a hero cast, and occasionally the fish will bugger it up.
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I like that you can use a floater, and present to different depths with different flies, one near the surface, one 2-4' down, and another 2-4' below that. Or let it all sink for a bit to get deeper, fish like a fly on the fall too.
View attachment 46387or even on the full sink to pull a set of leaches to find the preferred color or play with patterns at nearly the same depth.
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I've been enjoying the site Scottp shared as Rob talks a lot about altering flies for various dropper positions. Such as using cock hackle for a top fly for float and retrieve resistance to keep it up, or hen hackles for lower positions and material movement, and color for the conditions. Lots of stuff to think about and play with, keeps the fishing fun and interesting. I feel learning to fish these multifly rigs well will really up the odds when searching for fish.
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