bully spider

[Rex Robinson]

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, and make a head with black crystal chenille. It is a fly that has great action on the fall and retrieve.  It's a great producer and one of my favorite patterns.  Anyone else a fan of the bream bully?

[Bluegill Timber]

Very nice tie. I met Terry & Roxann Wilson a while back at a Rendevous and enjoyed their talk on methods of catching gill. Tied a few of their flies but only caught one fish ever. I look forward to your version. Ilove tying with sparkle chenille.

[Mike Sueirro]

I've tied and used Wilson's Bully Spider. It is my go to gill fly. I fish it under a strike indicator and have lots of success with it. I'll tie these up and give them a try too. Do you use any weight?

[Rex Robinson]

Mike, I tie some using lead around the hook shank but find that the slow fall of the unweighted ones is what they most often like.

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Really!!??  It seems to me that the fly would be so light it would not float down.  Wow i"ll try to tie some of those and see what happens; however, this time of year is so hot that everything in mid-day is down.