Bluegill Fly Rodders

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Comment by Leo Nguyen on October 11, 2012 at 8:43am

Shooter, great method! I normally put the weight near the center to prevent deep gutting, but I may have to push my weight a little down like you. I noticed that not many hookset could be done due to the weight near the center since the hardness of the weight caused them to spit out quickly.

Comment by Lee on August 9, 2012 at 12:25pm

 Bill don't you just hate it when them pesky green fish do that to you! Nice job with the Antique Fly Rod.

Comment by dick tabbert on August 8, 2012 at 7:00pm

Pound and a half and two pound Bass on a fly rod sounds like loads of fun to me.

Comment by Bill Purmort on August 8, 2012 at 6:03pm

Took my old Heddon Bamboo fly rod out to the pond tonight for a quick lap around it with the full intention of landing a batch of Bluegill.....hooked about 6 of these bass all about 1.5-2 lbs on poppers.  Little buggers took 3 of the flies back into the pond...hope to find them floating next week

Comment by Allen Morgan on June 20, 2012 at 4:14pm

Got my Scotty Fly Rod Holder today.  Luckily, I have a Scotty mount on the dash of my kayak.  I just dropped the rod holder into the mount, and adjusted the tilt.  Now, I can't wait until Sunday!

Comment by Leo Nguyen on June 20, 2012 at 8:23am

Craig. No need. Try this discussion:

http://bigbluegill.com/forum/topics/thinking-about-making-the-plung...

Comment by Craig DuShane on June 20, 2012 at 8:01am

OK guys,

It is time to get a fly rod. Now seeing as I don't know what I don't know, I could use some help picking one out. I'm gonna start a thread. If you fly experts could so kindly take a look at it and comment that would be great.

Thanks,

-CD

Comment by Mike Sueirro on June 10, 2012 at 4:26pm

I use this collapsible basket that I found at a church sale. By the looks of it, it probably was meant to hold kids toys and you may find one like it at a toy store. I've seen similar ones, but larger, used to hold yard debris and such. The wooden circle with the cable ties is used to weight the basket down in the wind, and the ties are supposed to keep the line from snarling up. Haven't had a chance to use that piece yet, but the basket works fine on my little boat.

Comment by Allen Morgan on June 10, 2012 at 11:31am

Ok, I've been practicing some.  Learning to watch my backcast, wait for the line to load the rod, then start the forecast.  I'm getting some better distance.

Also, I think I need to acquire a stripping basket.  Are these readily available either in a big-box store, or online?  Or, should I just make one?

Comment by Allen Morgan on June 4, 2012 at 5:10pm

I pulled the trigger on a fly rod today.  I picked up a White River (BPS brand) "Bugger", 8' 6" 5wt.  I spooled 100 yards of dacron backing onto the reel, tied a nail knot for the fly line, and spooled it all on.  I'm using a furled leader that a friend made for me, with a tippet made from 8 lbs test mono.

Once I got close to home, I headed over to the pond at the park.  I have noticed a bit of increase in my casting distance.  Once I get better, I know that will go up.  I was able to catch a couple more 'gills.  The first was small, the second was TINY!

I also saw several yearling LMB's staring at that bug, and I might have even seen a gar in there as well.

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