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had one of my best outings so far this year.I got to the lake around 5:30 pm,there was a slight breeze and chop on the water.I got bit on my first cast,a gill smacked my bobber then my jig.I thought all right this is great.After a few more casts I switched colors,caught a few then change again.They really liked a solid black and orange/white hair jig,sometimes plain and sometimes tipped with a gulp waxie.The gills kept smackin my bobber so i put a foam spider on with a casting bubble,they liked that but I kept getting tangled.I caught a few on a Blue Fox spoon before changing to a firetiger 1" rapala.I fished with that about the last hour.It was awesome watchin them slam the rapala on the surface.They would hit a slow retrieve also.Most of the gills were keepers but i turned then loose.Quite a few of them were dark colored males with some fat females mixed in.
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Hey Steve I've also had good luck with the Orange headed jig. The one that's been workin for me is the 1/32 oz with a 1 1/2" smoke with blue flake tube, no bate added. Useing 2 lb. golden Stren with a 2' flor. carben leader, then letting it go to the bottom and bounceing it back along the bottom. With the golden line I see a lot of hit's that I dont feel. Another thing that's been workin for me is the smallest Beatle spin with the little Fin-s Shad below.

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