bluegill fly tying

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Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on March 18, 2015 at 12:55pm

Good color selection, too

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on March 18, 2015 at 12:55pm

That little MM Minnow is a winner.
I add a few tufts of deer hair or calf tail on last, to make the bottom a bit tougher.

Comment by Bill Dungan on March 18, 2015 at 12:52pm

Thanks to Don's instructions I now have some small #10 streamers. 

Comment by Bill Dungan on March 18, 2015 at 12:51pm

Got me a new foam bug cutter today. This is my effort at Don's Foam cutter bug. Thanks Don for the instructions. I ties some in Chartreuse. I used a small sparkle chenille for the under side.

 

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Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on September 16, 2013 at 4:51pm

Kids as science experiment - I love it!

I did the same thing. I still do it to myself.

Comment by Leo Nguyen on September 16, 2013 at 2:07pm

You got it! Interesting thing about vitamins is that I do the same for my kids. I give them kids multivitamins every other day (based on overall activity level), and at the end of the week, as we have lots of activities, I shock their systems with an adult multivitamins. This boosts their appetites to increase caloric intakes, fulfill their nutritional needs, and maintain their systematic functions at above optimal range.

Human, animal, or aquatic species, we're all in that adaptation mode.

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on September 16, 2013 at 1:46pm

Interesting, Leo.
Eating certain bugs, on purpose. Lead like people taking vitamins

Comment by Leo Nguyen on September 16, 2013 at 1:04pm

Great analytical approach David. I wish Bob Lusk and Bruce Condello can share more of their knowledge of fisher biological data when it comes to dietary consumption and adaptation. However, I'll share mine what I've learned from theoretical discussion, and inconclusive studies:

You got the easy meals down pack. You also got the acid down. But it's not the taste that they're going after. The biological makeup of any species is to adapt, or die. Little do we know, but we as human also consume like every other species out there. We purposely ingest and digest, then assimilate different level of toxins/poisons to adjust to variety of consumable food sources. Too much concentration of a single source can mean death. Adjustment to micro doses will allow the tolerance in larger quantity later. Thus, insects of all calibers readily for consumption.

It was noted that a tagged rainbow or brown trout had eaten one or two beetles/ants/spider in 5% of the total daily consumption weight, while the remaining gut load was of the familiar aquatic insects, even though the areas were known for constant sudden flooding that create an abundant source of drown land based insects.

So, it's no longer is about available food sources vs opportunistic feeding. It's now focused on food sources vs adaptive strategies.

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on September 16, 2013 at 12:15pm

Ive read that when all else fails, and the trout ( at least) wont take your "hatch matching" - go with an ant fly. As Leo, says they are found along all BOW's and often "accidentally" get into the water. The fish are always on the lookout for an easy meal, of course.

Some people speculate that fish especially like them for their "acid" taste, the result of the formic acid they are known to exude. The same is also said of bees. The thinking is that the fish like this extra "zing" in their food; kinda like how we put hot sauce on ours.

I dont know of any studies that support this, however.

Another near universal fly is the "Black Gnat." Ants and gnats, while looking nothing like any ONE thing, mimic a whole host of insect foods that fish like. Its been said that by adding the "McGinty/Improved McGinty" pattern to these two, you would have the Perfect Trio of dry flies.

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