Throwing tandem streamer rigs can be a great way to cover water efficiently while throwing streamers. Much like using a double or triple nymph rig, tandem streamers provide a fish with more options to eat, ultimately providing you with more opportunities to catch fish. Utilizing a tandem streamer rig is also more likely to trigger a trout's predatory instincts. Maybe the trout keys in on your large lead fly moving through the slot, but can't resist the smaller trailing fly coming right behind it. Whatever the reason, if you haven't fished a tandem streamer rig, you might want to give it a shot.

As a general rule of thumb, we run our flies 24" apart with the larger streamer in the front and the smaller streamer trailing from the bend of the first fly's hook. As we mentioned in our hypothetical scenario earlier, the first, larger fly often acts as an attractor of sort, sometimes leading to the smaller fly being eaten in the end. Now, that is certainly not to say that our way is the only way. There are lots of different approaches to throwing tandem streamer rigs, but that's our go-to approach. If you want a more in-depth breakdown of fishing tandem streamers, check out Kelly Galloup's Q & A on fishing a double streamer rig here.

With that said, we're going to cover our top 6 flies that we like to use when throwing tandem streamer rigs, starting with the 3 bigger, lead flies and ending with the 3 smaller, trailing flies.

If you have any questions about the flies highlighted in this blog, or any others, feel free to reach out to us. As always, at Trouts Fly Fishing, we're here to help. So drop on by our Denver or Frisco location, or give us a ring so we can get you out on the water with your tandem streamer rig.