Bluegill Fly Rodders

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Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on July 13, 2013 at 1:34pm

No cringing here, Ken. Any hack can fish, but an ANGLER
embraces silk that fishing offers.
Some good moves, buddy.

Comment by Slip Sinker on July 13, 2013 at 6:48am

Well since watching WFN during the "Hard Water "period last season and noticing all the fly fishing programs out there I had an itch to start a little fly fishing program of my own. I purchased a four piece 8.5ft. long Quarrow 5wt fly fishing outfit complete with backing, floating 5wt line, tapered 9ft leader and an assortment of poppers. This was a late christmas present to myself and i finally broke it out to do a little practicing on som BG's. I called the local DNR and started talking good quality bluegill lakes in my area. They recommended Five Lake in Clare, Mi with a history of quality catches of panfish.
I headed out the next morning and quickly caught a few off the dock considerably quicker than bait and bobber. I thought there might be something to this after all. I noticed a couple of knots in my leader that probably had developed during my short lawn practice session. i also noticed the leader had developed a memory coil and the popper didnt exactly lay right in the water. In fact the popper would submarine a little on retrieve, however it was catching fish. So off to drift the weedbeds!
The lake was a flooding of five deep lakes or ponds with shallow expanses 2 to 4 ft connecting the ponds as one, crystal clear and deep weed edges ending at 12 ft. I picked the largest flat and started a control drift. The action was quick and furious one flip cast from one side of the boat to the other resulted in a hooked fish 4 to 8 inches long. This was great I thought to myself and this started my addiction.
The action quickly came to an abrupt halt when the popper snagged on the boat and broke about half way at one of the knots that had developed. No spare tapered leader So i broke out my Ultra light and a casting bubble attached the fly and i thought i would be back in business. NOT!!! Even though i was catching fish it was not the same. The fun of catching on the fly rod was gone!.
So here in this story quite a few of the purists will cringe. I made a leader of 5 lb micro braid off of my ultra light spool and reattached the popper. Due to the floating attribute of braid i noticed the popper had litte more pop and didnt submarine as much. I resumed catching fish at the same pace. The next day caught my personal best 10" gill. Now i am solidly hooked on this. Bluegills on the Fly! Thanks largely in part by this website. haha
Since that day I have purchased a 4 and 3wt now im in trouble. The lawn is getting long!

Comment by Ray Ditzenberger on July 12, 2013 at 9:47am

I am not overly interested in kissing anyone's grits but I have all my reels setup to reel left handed. .....Just do'n what comes natural

Comment by Slip Sinker on July 12, 2013 at 9:21am

i am right handed... and all my bait casters reel from the lh. except one... i got free with a rod purchase. I HATE IT!!!. i just dont get it.all these pros... watch them on tv, switch hands to complete a cast. I DONT GET IT!

i am new to fly fishing and yes my fly reels crank from the left and are able to tear down and switch. 99 percent of my bluegills caught retrieved with a line pull except two that went to reel, an 18 inch bass and my 10" bluegill.

Comment by Leo Nguyen on July 11, 2013 at 6:21pm

If I have my option, the automatic reel should have the ability to switch like a normal spinning reel. A portion default to the right, and a portion default to the left, designated as lefty or righty right out of the box.

Comment by Lord of the Fly , Rods on July 11, 2013 at 5:15pm

 Ok Leo  what side of the reel should the handle be on an automatic fly reel?     LOFR

Comment by Leo Nguyen on July 11, 2013 at 4:56pm

LOL! Come now LOFR. It's all about fly rodding humors. Of course, I can't say the same for my friends who started out fly rodding. They still use the reel as a mean to haul in the fishes. Don't ask..lecturing them is useless at this moment, when they're way too hyped up in getting the fish in, with the die-hard habit using the spinning reels for so many years.

Comment by Lord of the Fly , Rods on July 11, 2013 at 4:47pm

Do yall really want me to believe that yall reel your fish in with the reel? the only time I touch my reel is to take up the slack down by my feet , I fight the fish with my rod in my dominate right hand and the left hand pulls the line in with my break being under my index finger of my right hand , this way you feel the fish not only on the rod but also with the line. I have reels that some handles are right handed ,some are left handed , really dosent matter when the only thing you do with them is pick up the slack line  LOFR

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on July 11, 2013 at 3:20pm

Leo, that is funny!

Comment by Leo Nguyen on July 11, 2013 at 2:49pm

I vote for a dual sides..at the same time. Why just only have one? Right..right? You have your KISS principle. I have my BUTT (But U Told Them) principle. So, we have our KISS BUTT principle, which works well.

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