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Frankenfly

Windy conditions today didn't allow me to enjoy kayaking and fly fishing, so I made use of the day to tackle a chore I had been putting off…

Started by Rex Robinson

5 Oct 14, 2012
Reply by dick tabbert

First BlueGill Poppers

Pictured are my first attempt at Bluegill poppers. I glued two, 3mm foam sheets together and cut them out with a drill and a cutting set I…

Started by Bruce Tomaselli

9 Sep 23, 2012
Reply by Allen Morgan

Blockhead foam

I bought some panfish-size Blockhead Popper foam from he link below and it looks too big for gills. It  takes a size 4, 33903 Mustad kink s…

Started by Bruce Tomaselli

13 Aug 24, 2012
Reply by John C Watson

Bluegill Tying List

It's raining cats and dogs in NW Ohio so I decided to clean my fly tying desk....came across my Bluegill tying list:   Spiders...black, yel…

Started by Bill Purmort

6 Aug 8, 2012
Reply by Bill Purmort

bully spider

Here is my variation on a very popular pattern, the bream bully or bully spider.  I like to weave the body , angle the legs back slightly,…

Started by Rex Robinson

17 Jul 31, 2012
Reply by Mark Sofman

Size Hooks

What size and style of hooks do you recommend for bluegill poppers? I've been looking at the 33903 Mustad kinked shank hooks.

Started by Bruce Tomaselli

5 Jul 28, 2012
Reply by Bruce Tomaselli

Rubber legs

A lot of the rubber legs I use on my flies come from spinner bait shirts that I cut off of the no name spinner baits you can get at Walmart…

Started by Rex Robinson

10 Jul 19, 2012
Reply by Mark Stine

popper dropper

We all know how well a hopper dropper can work at time when the topwater bite stalls.  Here is a technique I use when the topwater bite slo…

Started by Rex Robinson

2 Jul 18, 2012
Reply by Rex Robinson

Stonefly Collection

These flies have been working really good lately. Even tho as far as I know there are no Stonefies in Oklahoma!!!!!! size 10 2X long hook p…

Started by Jen Nayfly

1 Jun 24, 2012
Reply by Dale Craft

Meet The Oriole

Given that we live in Maryland, my kids wanted to name this guy after the state bird.  Here is the newest popper color combo I have created…

Started by Jeff Price

2 Mar 13, 2012
Reply by Mark Stine

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