It is MY BIG BLUE GILL BIRTHDAY!!!!!

[Greg McWilliams]

Four years ago today BROTHER BRUCE welcomed me to this site!!!!! Been a LEARNING EXPERIENCE!!! About Bluegill and the different ways to catch them!!!!! The different SPECIES, and the different names for them all around the COUNTRY!!!!!!!! I have learned to use a COMPUTER, a DIGITAL CAMERA, and how to POST THEM!!!!!!

I have met a lot of GREAT FOLK that share in my ADDICTION to catching them!!!!!!! I hope one day to meet many of them!!!!!!!

I am a FLY-ROD fisherman only!!!!!!! Also TYING FLIES, and over the last four year have met here some GREAT TIERS that have introduced me some GREAT GILL GETTERS!!!!! 

So for my BIRTHDAY I have assembled a collection of some of my GO TO FLIES!!!!!! I would like to give them to SOMEONE here on BBG!!!!!!!! FOR A CHANCE TO WIN, all you have to DO is wish me HAPPY BIRTHDAY, and maybe SHARE what YOU HAVE LEARNED HERE ON THE BEST SITE ON THE WEB!!!!

Here are BIG BLUEGILL BAKERS DOZEN!!!!!!

Starting at the Top LEFT is Jen's NAYBEE, WINE ZULU ( my hybrid of the PURPLE ZULU) and Her PURPLE ZULU, and Bryan W.s GREASY MONKEY!!!!!!

Middle row  Dave Kensingers LIGHTNING BUG, COPPER FLASH,  Shooters DRAGON FLY NYMPH and SINKING CRICKET in HONOR OF THE BOOGIEMAN ( pink cricket with BETTY GRABLE LEGS)!!!!!

Bottom row is Kelly Gallop's SPARKBUG ( my favorite crappie fly),  Jay Fares HOPPER-HEX, EGG-SUCKING LEACH,  BLACK WIDOW, and the BLUEGILL CANDY!!!!!!

ONE NOT PICTURED is in the VICE and will take a bit longer to finish one top water favorite of mine will remain a mystery til drawing day!!!!! P. S. it is not the FLIP FLOPPER!!!!!!!!

DRAWING DAY WILL BE NEXT MONDAY, OCTOBER THE FIRST!!!!!!!

THANK YOU ALL FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS!!!!!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!

[Leo Nguyen]

Jonathan, trust me when I say Victoria's Secret can make a killing with the fly fishing industries, that is, if there's are more ladies getting into the fishing arena. I need to find the photos where my wife actually was wearing the Victoria's 2008 two piece bikini while doing fly rod-micro spinner reel fishing off the shore near the weed line at Lake Gregory for trout. I still can't wrap my brain around that moment in time. Wish I had Greghopper's booby flies, and it would have been..GLORIOUS!! Okay..time to get back down to earth.

[JBplusThuy]

Finally got around to reading this thread :)  Happy BBG birthday!  BBG is the best! I think we have the best web community anywhere.

Leo, I'm not so sure about this whole Victoria's-Secret-meets-fly-fishing thing. I just don't have much confidence that fishnet waders would be effective, for instance :-)

[dick tabbert]

Leo I can't wait for this one.

[Leo Nguyen]

Tooty, shown her the rod. She may be interested in getting it for the anniversary next year ;-) Can't promise anything there

Greg, be ready..be very ready..it will be Victoria's Secrets possible line up for 2013 ROFL

[Greg McWilliams]

Leo, I am not sure where you are going with this but I can't WAIT TO SEE THE FLY!!!!!!!!!

:-)

[DAVID L EITUTIS]

HEY LEO, 

 ASK MRS. NAM if she'd like to have"  BLACK BEAUTY" just in case the fella backs out of the deal? SHOW HER THE ROD LEO!

[DAVID L EITUTIS]

HEY LEO SAY HI TO MRS. NAM FOR ME !!!!!!!!!!!!

[Leo Nguyen]

Roger. She's right here, and said to thank all of you for keeping my sanity intact. This place is like my sanity home away from the insane home.

[Jen Nayfly]

ROFL.....you boys are bad but Leo I LOVE how you think AND tell your wife hi and I Love her choices of colors!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Leo Nguyen]

LOL I'm making suppers for the past 6 days. She's right here too, looking at the booby fly LOL