bluegill fly tying

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Comment by John Sheehan on September 16, 2013 at 11:08am

Save some for yourself now ,they are necessary to have ! Very nice of you pal!

Comment by Leo Nguyen on September 16, 2013 at 10:55am

Understood. Will start the tying process on Wednesday, a rare day off.

Comment by John Sheehan on September 16, 2013 at 10:49am

Wow how cool of you to offer this . I want to release the RBS without tearing their lips but I'd be keeping and eating the trout so I would love various combos of  hook styles and use the circles on the RBS I guess and the regulars on the Trout .

Comment by Leo Nguyen on September 16, 2013 at 10:44am

John, will do. A few on 10 and few on 8. Any particular hook types you want (regular/circle/sickle)?

We've used the black ants along the slow flow streams during late falls, targeting under the shady area, and during moderate flows in winter near the rocks and fallen woods. This is where flood and drowning victims occur, and the rainbow/browns love to hunt in school for the victims.

Comment by John Sheehan on September 16, 2013 at 10:39am

Hey Leo ,I've really only used the black or the  Red ant on the small river RBS .It works a charm and I would like to get more in the 10 and 8 hook size for the sized fish I catch in small rivers .I agree, it is powerful for at least the RBS .You catch Trout on them ? I imagine they would be a great summer fly for Trout but summer is a tough time around here to catch trout . However, spring and fall ,when they're stocked, I will have to try the black AND red Ants for Trout ! Hey ,if you tie me some black ants I can compensate with feathers from pet 'Jesse', the African Grey. His dropped feathers have found their way into jigs I've tied and they catch fish. He drops Red tail feathers and Grey wing feathers .

Comment by Leo Nguyen on September 16, 2013 at 8:08am

John, black ant resembled pretty much 80% of the crawling and flying insects, just in a dark shade. It's a powerful fly to have in your arsenal. Let us boys know if you want a few to play with, based on sizes and hooks, to match your toothy friends over there in the water. I need to get my tying practice time in again, since wife wants to hit the water hard during winter time for trout.

Comment by dick tabbert on September 16, 2013 at 8:04am

Kenneth do you have a picture of your fly. Thanks for the instruction a picture at least for me helps to understand the instruction better I'm a little slow like that. Good stuff and thanks for sharing.

Comment by Kenneth Atkins on September 16, 2013 at 7:24am

I tie one that works pretty well on white bass in lakes with a good shad population.  It has brass cone up front and about 5-7 wraps of lead wire. White maraboo tail with a thin layer of grey maraboo on top but do not tim the grey maraboo off. Grizzly hackle, copper wire and white chenille.  Wrap the chenille up to the cone and tie off. Twist the grey maraboo into a loose rope and lay along the top, tie off at the cone.  Palmer the grizzly hackle and tie off at the cone. Counter wrap the copper wire and tie off at the cone. Whip finish and go fishing!  I usually fish this in muddier still water lakes and have found that the copper or gold colors work much better that silver in these lakes.  My 8 year old son loves to fish this fly when the whites are hitting!

Comment by John Sheehan on September 16, 2013 at 7:16am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxtjgFNnVPw  I am not a fly tier but I sure would like to give the black ant a try as it is now my favorite fly for catching  Red Breasted Sunfish in small rivers.

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on September 14, 2013 at 6:50pm

Thanks, Kenneth.
While researching the fly, I've seen all you say. Again, the variations are too numerous. So I'll be going with the original pattern, in olive, black, and yellow. For the Woolly Worms, I'll start with white and brown. For both, I'm going with a grizzly hackle.

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