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My favorite spring bait for gills is a rubber spider.I make my own,and have a large arsonal of different colored legs.Bodies are in black and white from stores.Can't seem to find other colors.I use a size 14 dry fly hook,that is razor sharp point.Can't wait till spring to get em on the fly!!!

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this is one of my best producers,i thank the spider floating or sinking has taken more gills then any fly.
i tie several types of spiders also ,but this one does best for me where i fish,it is tied on a #4 mustad #3260R.
Hey! I use those same colored legs.Hope to get fancy with fly material this year.Want to try deer hair also. I try to stick to natural colors,but when the spawn is on,all bets are off,know what i mean!!!!
yes i do know what you mean bill,i fish a lake just a few minutes from my camp where i live.i have fished this lake for over fifty yrs. now and know the location of many beds .
i fish these beds all year,pre-spawn,spawn,and post- spawn,although i love to catch big gills ,my favorite is big chinks(Shell Crackers) we call them Chinkapin .
that spider will also catch chinks,although i fish the spiders a lot i also fish a lot of nymphs and some top water.
top water is the most fun for me,but i catch most of my fish on nymphs.nothing like a big thumper on the end of a flyrod.

gators can't fly
You folks got me to thinkin' ! Sponge spiders and fly rods are a natural for 'Gills for sure. But I got a vast array of flies stockpiled for Steelhead, a third of which are nymphs. Hmmnnn.... steve b

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