Monday, August 8, 2022

Another (Different) Double on the Tandem Rig


Back in June, I posted about catching two bass on a tandem wooly bugger rig.  You can read that post here but it basically says that this was something that I had wanted to do for a long time and finally got lucky enough to pull it off.  Last week, after I was trying done trying out the baitfish popper, I decided to go after smaller fish on a lighter weight rod.  I like to throw a tandem bugger rig with a four weigh because chances are that I am going to catch smaller fish with smaller flies.  Small bass and bluegill can feel pretty big on a four weight and I really dig that.  While it was a lot of fun boating some small bass, bluegill, and even crappie the real fun came when I doubled up.

I was fishing an olive wooly and an olive & white wooly which were separated by about two feet of 6 pound test line between them.  The water was so clear that a lot of the takes were visual which was even better.  The woolies were size 6's with coneheads and lead wire so yeah, they were heavy and sunk fairly fast even on floating line.  The double came about an hour and a half after the sun came up and this double was different than the last one.  Last time, I hooked two largemouth bass.  On this occasion, not only did I hook two fish, but I hooked two different species as well!  One was a smaller bass with the other one being a nice, male bluegill.  

I wasn't trying to accomplish such a thing, it just happened.  This is one of the reasons that fishing is so incredible to me.  You never know what is going to happen.  I don't think many people hit the water with the intent to catch a new state record or world record fish on that particular day.  I never try to catch channel catfish on a fly on purpose.  I can't invoke a double on a tandem rig and I sure can't summon two species for the double.  However, therein lies the mystery and fun of fishing.  You don't know what is going to happen at any point and if you can't fall in love with that, you might be better suited for another hobby like sewing or woodworking.





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