Bluegill Fly Rodders

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Comment by Dale Craft on April 27, 2012 at 6:56am

What are some of your favorite fly patterns for big "gills in late spring/early summer besides poppers?

Comment by dick tabbert on January 20, 2012 at 8:06pm

I posted a blog today heading was Fly Fishing. If you could look at it and help me with some answers I would appreciate it thank you all in the bluegill fly rodders.

Comment by DAVID L EITUTIS on January 20, 2012 at 11:52am

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Comment by Eddie Mathis on December 25, 2011 at 12:35pm

Merry Christmas to everyone hoping your New year is a great one and Big Blue gills on the Fly to all.

Eddie

Comment by John C Watson on December 13, 2011 at 9:10am

I just sold my Tenkara rod, not that it wasn't fun to fish with but for south east Louisiana it is difficult to fly fish when you are a bank fisherman.  Most places I fish have lots of vegetation along the bank with small spots cleared to get to the water.  Spinning is usually the way to go unless I go to a city park where they keep the banks clear.  I found that I just wasn't using the Tenkara as much so I sold it.  If I had a boat where I cold cast without interference I would have kept it without question.  

Tenkara limits the distance you can cast which isn't a problem for stream walkers where the bottom is hard.  Try that is south Louisiana and you sink up to your chin in muck, not to mention the cotton mouth snakes and alligators. 

One of the friendly fellows that greeted us when we went fishing this summer.

Comment by Jacob Hill on December 12, 2011 at 7:23pm

there is a big discussion about tenkara about three posts down.

Comment by Rob Hilton on December 11, 2011 at 1:58pm

Has anyone tried using a Tenkara fly rod  (Japanese fly rod... has no guides... no reel seat or reel. Looks a lot like an old cane pole... but the resemblance stops there) They are incredibly light telescopic rods and used mainly in stream fishing. The Tenkara fly lines are extremely light too). I just wondered if anyone had tried them and if so how successful was it?

Comment by Steve Crowder on December 2, 2011 at 1:57pm

That's right John, most people who use the dropper method tie the dropper from the back (bent part) of the hook. I always have tangle problems, so I cast one fly at a time. 

Comment by John C Watson on November 29, 2011 at 8:39am

I just tried to use the method where you use a floating fly with a dropper wet fly.  It cast okay but the dropper seemed to want to twist around the main line and prevent the dropper from working properly.  I think possibly tying the dropper to the back of the floating fly would work better. 

Comment by Chris Stewart on November 29, 2011 at 6:18am

There are a few good tenkara rod choices. The Tenkara USA Ito is 14' 7" and has a very light soft action. The Amago is 13' 6" and has quite a bit more backbone. It would be a better choice if the next cast could result in a 3 lb bass rather than a bluegill.

 

My best luck has been with fishing four sakasa kebari, which are unweighted wet flies with the hackle slanted forward rather than back. Fishing multiple flies seemed to work a lot better than only one, but of course it did result in a few monster tangles.

It really is a  fun way to fish.

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