Micro - Fishing with a Telescopic Pole

[Joe Angelucci]

 

Finally was able to try my hand at micro - fishing for bluegill this Friday. I used a 5 foot South Bend telescopic pole, 6 feet of one lb test, and a #20  dry fly (gnat). I was able to sight fish and managed to land about 12 bluegill in the 2-3 inch range. Those small fish on that thin pole was amazing. I hope to ramp down the size of the fly and maybe go for a smaller sized gill

[John Sheehan]

This sounds great .It would be interesting to try in creeks .Have you ever cught Sculpins or madtoms this way ?Thanks for getting me thinkin about micro fishing!

[Joe Angelucci]

Thank you for the reply

I have not done any fishing in creeks. Most of my fishing is done in very stressed county park ponds. Urban fishing at it's best.. Not uncommon to see 10+ people fishing a 3 acre pond. Everyone at the pond goes big. I figured why not follow the road less traveled. I'm amazed how hard it is to catch very small fish. You really need to scale everything down .

If you google micro fishing you would be suprised at the gear and the number of people fishing small. My goal is to be a micro bluegill specialist.

 Can't see why the rig would not work in a creek. If I get a chance this summer, I'll try.

[Fisher Mirto]

I love micro fishing! It often turns a bad day into a good one. I "fly" a size 24 hook with a 2foot leader of 1.8# fly tippet and a little red worm. Caught green sunfish and largemouth down to 3/4 inch. 

[Joe Angelucci]

Well my friend you would have the elusive one yen fish in Japan. I have been able to get down to about 1.25 inch over the last season

Great Job

JDA

[Fisher Mirto]

Thanks, kept one as a trophy. The little green has nearly doubled in size since I plopped him in my tank. He's the one on the far left.