| I am a Utah fishing guide and have noticed that when | | | | to the first fly. So it would look like this: |
| I started out on the Provo and Weber Rivers I had | | | | ROD----------------------(8 feet of |
| the same mistakes that most people have today, | | | | |
| which is spacing between your weights to the first | | | | (strike indicator-6 feet to weight) (weight) (1st fly) |
| fly and then from your first fly to the last fly. Here is | | | | (2nd fly) |
| a very easy way to figure out if you have your fly | | | | If you follow these steps and go and fish on the |
| fishing rig set to proper proportions. | | | | Provo river you will do pretty well. Especially if you |
| When you setup your rig you should start by adding | | | | use a #16 "PR Sow Bug" tied by Rainy's flies as your |
| at least 8 feet of leader to the fly line. At the | | | | first fly (with some orange thread by the eye of the |
| bottom of the nine foot line attach about 16-18 | | | | hook) and a #18 "Split Back PMD Emerger" tied by |
| inches of 4x tippet and tie on your first fly. Now | | | | solitude flies as your 2nd fly. |
| attach 16-18 inches of 5x tippet to your second fly | | | | Now that you know the secret to spacing, you will |
| making sure that you tie on your tippet to the eye | | | | now catch more fish! Although this spacing technique |
| of the hook (not the shank of the previous fly). | | | | works on all water over two and a half feet deep. |
| Remember to put, depending on the depth, about | | | | Good luck to you while you're fly fishing, Utah. |
| two "BB" weights above the first knot coming down | | | | |