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Comment by thomas j swank on May 18, 2010 at 5:59am
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Afterthought! I'm going to start tipping fly with spikes. They don't call me apurist for nothing!
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Used the Bubba this week. Blown off the lake. Bluegills have made beds but are not on them. rain, rain rain, along with constant changes in temp. i did catch 1 9" gill who was in 10 ft water. Indiana sometime sucks!
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Comment by Tim C. Homesley on May 10, 2010 at 11:16am
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this is still one of my favorite bluegill flies, I've been using them a lot the last few years, # 8 gamakatsu SC15 hook, chartruse pine squirrel tail, rubber legs, and small bead chain eyes.
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I tie these in lots of colors, bluegill do like em.
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Comment by Tim Roberts on May 9, 2010 at 6:02pm
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Anybody have a pic of the bubba spider pattern that was mentioned?
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I got a new Tenkara rod today, can't wait to try it out on the bluegill wed. should be fun
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Comment by Lee Nagel on May 7, 2010 at 6:25am
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Hehehe, now THAT'S funny.
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Naw, I use them on my 2000 $ bamboo fly rod just to piss the purists off :)
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I would think the "purists" would throw rocks at you for using them at the Park!!!! ;)
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send me your address Thomas J Swank, and I'll send you a few they are effective here in Missouri.
you can send the info to timsfly@hotmail.com
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