Bluegill Fly Rodders

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Comment by Scott Cutler on December 19, 2010 at 6:43pm

I have been doing pretty good with small olive wooly buggers. Seems to be the go-to fly with my buddies in Southern Illinois. I was recently turned on to a small bead head bug with a short rubber hackle tail.  I am gonna try to copy the pattern and tie some up for next spring. Will let you all know if they work

Comment by Florida Boy on November 20, 2010 at 5:10pm

My go to has always been a foam spider somethin about all those wiggly legs the Bream down here where im at cant seem to get enough of

Comment by Se7en on November 8, 2010 at 11:58am

Great post! Thanks.
I was just wondering the same. I haven't had much success with pan-fish poppers. Now to find some BWO recipies.

Cheers!

Comment by Chris Barclay on September 17, 2010 at 12:01pm

Gillbum, that's great advice!

Comment by gillbum on September 17, 2010 at 11:37am

Tim,

No beadhead. Standard dry fly tie,but in size 14. I can't send photos at present. BWO's for trout are normally tied in size 18 to 20 and another late season hatch in 22 to 26. After many decades of fly fishing for gills and seeds I've settled on size 14 as the best size, for me at least. I prefer the subdued colors of the BWO as more representative of real insects. I also find that sunfish will take a size 14 dry fly completely in their mouth and hold on for that extra second that accounts for more solid hookups.

gb

Comment by Tim Roberts on September 17, 2010 at 7:13am

gillbum do you have a picture of the BWO you use? Is it tied with a bead head?

Comment by gillbum on September 2, 2010 at 9:08am

Responce to chris's comment "trout flies are king."

As a trout, and bluegill fisherman too, I totally agree with chris about trout flies. Of all the lures I've used on gills, dubbed dry flies have always produced the best for me. Olive dubbing for the body and blue dun hackle for the collar and tail.
They have the look and feel of a real insect and I think panfish hang on to them just a ittle longer than they do hard lures like cork and plastic poppers. This gives the angler a second or two longer to set the hook. I've never seen a fish that could "hit and spit" faster than a sunny. I've been dry fly fishing for trout and sunfish for over 65 years which amounts to a lot of trial and error. I've come to the conclusion that subdued colors that resemble a real insect are the best. After all these years my go to fly is a BWO dry fly (bue winged olive). I just tie them a little larger for gills (size 14) than I do the standard size 18-to 22 for trout. Any flyfishers have similar feelings about trout flies for gills?

gillbum

Comment by chris on July 28, 2010 at 6:15pm

will,
trout flies are king

Comment by Will Mikuta on July 28, 2010 at 6:06pm

Does anyone have any go to flies for me?

Comment by Will Mikuta on July 27, 2010 at 12:04pm

There's a pond near my house where I go to go fly fishing. All the bluegill near my 8" long or bigger. I use a little black popper and as soon as it hits the water I feel a nice bluegill or bass on my line.

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