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Comment by Rob Gay on May 7, 2010 at 5:49am
Eric, I bought them off of the auction site, I am unable to tie flies cause of a problem with my left hand...wish I could tho...they are a good fly...one of the goto flies in my box...
Comment by thomas j swank on May 7, 2010 at 5:42am
Ive never heard of a bubba spider. I would be glad to pay for an assortmentt if anyone has the time. Is this a regional fly? In northern Indiana the gills are just moving in. no beds yet. Anyone fish with ratsos?
Comment by Tim C. Homesley on May 6, 2010 at 6:53pm
I've used and tied alot of the bubba spiders, I sell the jig heads in my shop, the work good on trout also.
Comment by Eric on May 6, 2010 at 6:45pm
Did you tie them yourself?
Comment by Rob Gay on May 5, 2010 at 8:30pm
Actually did some fishing today using a cap spider on a sinking furled leader...was only able to spend a short time but had 3 nice ones on but ldr on them...but did manage to get a real nice redear 10 1/2 inches...It was a great time on my 2wt...my personal best redear..
Comment by Eric on May 5, 2010 at 8:23pm
Has anyone ever tried those bubba spiders? Looks like a small jig head with a wrapped body and some celi legs around the jig head. I've seen something similar called a cap spider. Anybody know anything about those?
Comment by Eric on May 5, 2010 at 8:21pm
I agree with Lee. I've caught decent ones on #8 poppers to. But 10 or 12 seem to produce. The bigger ones seem to be below the surface to. The bigest I've caught were nymph-like bottom flies or sub surface variations. Spiders seem to do well. Especially this time of year.
Comment by Lee Nagel on May 5, 2010 at 4:00am
I'm mostly a size 10 or 12 kinda guy. Small enough to get the gills but big enough to interest the occasional bass or whatever.
Comment by Rob Gay on May 4, 2010 at 5:37pm
What size fly do you find works best for the larger bluegill..
Comment by Jim Barthelman on April 27, 2010 at 10:23pm
If you are worried about water logging, then a strike indicator you might look into is a "thingamabobber" no joke on the name. They are the new hot thing in trout fishing, and no reason why a panfisherman couldn't use the small size. They stay afloat and I haven't had a single issue with mine. Good product
 

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