Andrew your top rod is way longer off the clip to lure set up then the lower rod.
Make the lower rod a little longer.
Maybe for springs when fishing 150’ deep but I’m guessing he is sockeye fishing, and gear needs to be tight and working together.this.
Bottom rod is way out there, top rod is in tight.
Don't know about others but with two anglers I always pop off the top rod if the bite is on the bottom rod.
I agree with Stoisy, run the bottom line further from the clip than the top line. I like to separate lines clipped to the rigger by 20 feet (also keeps the math simple). I preferred to run my deep lines out the back but agree that the opposite way is fine as well. We stacked 2 lines on 2 manual Penn downriggers for many years with no issues whatsoever.Doesn't matter where your rods are located, mid, side, deep shallow... Both work, both setups will have people argue they are better, but considering that, they must both work.
Major issue is if you are only separating the two clips by 10 feet, you need to reduce the amount of line you putting behind the boat on the top rod. Just imagine what is happening when that bottom rod blows off - its going release, and drift back directly into the line above it, flasher meeting flasher = cluster f. Bring that top rod tighter to the cable and you should be all good. And as Ardihol said you could add a little distance to the bottom rod, but it doesn't need to be much.
Thanks for asking the question with the diagram, we had a couple tangles recently we could have avoided with all this knowledge!Awesome guys, I will up the spread to 20' and have another go. I really appreciate the help!