Bluegill Fly Rodders

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Comment by DAVID L EITUTIS on April 3, 2015 at 8:50am

I think Andy is right John .....

Comment by Andy is OptiMystic on April 3, 2015 at 8:48am

Personally, I would go a little higher in weight, probably a 5 wt matched set, to teach someone on. I think technique matters too much at lower weights. IOW, it may require less effort to cast the lighter line but it also takes more skill. there is almost always a breeze on water. If you go too heavy, technique matters so you don't wear yourself out. I think 5/6 is the sweet spot and that is why you see so many outfits in that range.

Comment by Andy is OptiMystic on April 3, 2015 at 8:40am

I see Tooty is trying to chat with you about this (chat window "Main Room" down near lower right in browser)

Comment by John Ratliff on April 3, 2015 at 8:33am

Fellers I have a question that I need some guidance with.  My great grand keds want to learn to use a fly rod.  I thought I would start them out on 3wt 8 1/2 but I am not sure at to the line.  I thought about up sizing the line to 4wt and using a double taper instead of a weight forward and the target will be bluegill from a pond.  I'm 74 and looking forward to this test of my endurance, by the way they are 10 and 11. If you can.t  help me with the line selection a hardy gook luck will be helpful.

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on March 21, 2015 at 7:07am

Nice Craig.
What size was the midge pattern you used?

Comment by Craig Allen on March 21, 2015 at 5:59am

I went to one of the ponds I fish and the ice had melted the day before.  I noticed fish were dimpling the surface with feeding activity.  Large midges were hatching.  I started out with my go to fly a #12 olive wooly bugger and I had no success.  I switched to a midge nymph pattern with a strike indicator and it was game on. I caught about 15 good bluegills before I called it a day.  I don't know what the water temperature was but I'm sure it wasn't much more than mid 30's range.  This same event happend year only it was in Feburary.  Ice stayed on a little longer this year.  It felt great to feel the first fish of the season.

Comment by Allen Morgan on March 6, 2015 at 8:50pm

I happen to live in one of the four places in the country where land-locked Stripers can pull off a successful spawn.  There's a lot of Striper fishermen that are P.O.'ed at ODWC for not being a little more protective of them; not to mention all the freaking developers that want to dam the river, destroying their habitat.....

On the few times I target them, I usually end up going with my catfish gear.  40 lbs test braid, 20 lbs test mono leader, 3/0 circle hooks and live shad.  Haven't lost a fish yet that way.

I've caught a few on lures.  A couple years ago, caught an 11 lbs Striper on my light-action 7' rod, strung with 10 lbs test braid.  I'm lucky I got that one in and revived.  Since I knew that the bigger fish were there, I went to the heavy gear.  Caught a 6 lbs Hybrid shortly after that.

I've caught some small Stripers, up to 3 lbs., on my 5 wt.  Yeah, they're a blast, all right....

Comment by Andy is OptiMystic on March 6, 2015 at 6:37pm

So the Bodie is also the Palmetto. Our record is just over 17#. 

Comment by Tony Livingston on March 6, 2015 at 5:38pm

Obscure fact time!

There are actually TWO hybrid striped bass variants. The one most commonly available to private pondowners is a cross between a male striped bass, and a femal white bass...wiper is one common name, while sunshine bass is common in the south.

Then there is the reciprocal cross....a female striped bass, and a male white bass...this one is also known as a palmetto bass, and they are the fish usually raised by state owned fish hatcheries and stocked into public waterways. One school of thought claims they get a lot bigger than the "wiper" variant, with weights around 20 lbs or so not uncommon.

Wipers, seldom get over 10 lbs or so.

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on March 6, 2015 at 4:30pm

That it does....

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