Do you love big bluegill?

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Comment by dick tabbert on January 6, 2015 at 1:50pm: I know the feeling Jim I guess we can just grow old peacefully and enjoy out well deserved aches and pains.

Comment by jim cosgrove on January 6, 2015 at 1:46pm: i hear ya on the price of the beads dick.cheapest i found was 12.00 per hundred.the bead head i tie that i use the most also needs a decent quality hackle and i like mustad hooks.not the most expensive but not cheap.so i am getting close to 40 cents a fly.i finance most of my tackle crafting and tying by selling stuff online .my other hobby is flea markets and garage sales and a little trading.was selling flies but getting older and 3o years in construction has ruined my ability to tie more than a dozen at a time and the eyes are getting old too.i sure cant crank em out like you do anymore.

Comment by dick tabbert on January 6, 2015 at 12:28pm: I know everyone talks about the tungsten beads and love them. I brought a few to try a couple weeks ago. I didn't buy them they are a little pricey and I give most everything I make away.

Comment by dick tabbert on January 6, 2015 at 12:25pm: Jim mine started when I seined the pond and got hundreds of them. So I knew it was an important food source. I took a pictures and commence to mimic it. The 1st one was about 3/4". I seined again the next year and couldn't find a small one in the bunch they were from an inch to an 1 1/2 so I had to re-due the nymph so I now have 3/4" nymph to about an 1 1/8". My first cast on the smaller nymph was a Hybrid striper the a little 3/4 inch nymph way back in roof of his mouth. I was in La La land. Haven't used the larger nymphs yet just made them this fall but I'm optimistic.

Comment by jim cosgrove on January 6, 2015 at 12:21pm: i love the tungsten beads even on my summer flies.best gill water by me has steep drop offs and deep weed edges and a small bead head gets down in a hurry but not too fast and i can feel them on the strip .it sinks faster than lead of the same weight because of it being smaller so less resistance.we should start a bulk buying group on here.i will put some pics up of how to make a micro jig using a tung bead.

Comment by jim cosgrove on January 6, 2015 at 12:12pm: i really got to get a couple good nymphs myself dick.we have so many different dragon and damsel flies by me.been watching some vids on how the nymphs swim.the patterns i try the marabou damsels and pt nymphs just dont catch many fish.need something that swims.thinking some sort of bead chain contraption.

Comment by dick tabbert on January 6, 2015 at 12:09pm: No Jim. The ones I make are with Hourglass eyes for weight and dubbing. If I needed to fish deeper I would have to wrap the hook shank with lead. The water I fish is from 0 to about 12' so they work fine for that and lots of times I put 2 on so that increases a faster sink rate..

Comment by jim cosgrove on January 6, 2015 at 12:01pm: if you view at full size its a better pic,new phone,i got the variety pack thick thin and flex.are u using the flex dick?those orange ones are tung beads coated in uv with the glow powder i got.my son fishes an old quarry and they fish pretty deep.the u v dubbing is really something too.it really lights up in the sun.oh well i love to tinker with stuff .warmed up to 8 degrees and sunny.just spent an hour clearing the driveway and it wasn't bad.might have safe ice in a few days

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Comment by dick tabbert on January 6, 2015 at 11:36am: This is the only fly I use the UV cure on and it really toughens then up.

Comment by dick tabbert on January 6, 2015 at 11:32am: Good looking Jigs Jim. I've use the UV cure but I'm a bit messy with it so if I can get buy without it I do but there are is one thing I use it on that being my dragonfly nymph.