Hey, Chuck. Welcome aboard the VFB. I live in Kansas and as you might imagine, we don't have any trout here either. The bluegill are a big bfavorite of mine as well. When the gills go deep, I go to small wooly buggers in assorted colors and like a little flash on them. Hare's Ears also seem to do well. A real killer fly is a bead thorax soft hackle in chartreuse that I got from Del Roberts. Basically, put a gold or silver bead on the hook wrap a chartreuse floss body up to the bead leaving enough room in front of it for a couple turns of soft hackle and a thread head. The bead helps gets the fly down and usually gets hit as it's dropping. If we can get John Ridderbos to chime in, he could add a lot to this topic. -Jayhawk Jeff
--- Chuck Alexander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Folks: I live in N.E. but more like E Central as I'm > 60 miles due East of Birmingham, AL, and the only > trout here are a few in the mountain stream, but it > is ALL Nat'l forrest and of course, all but > impossible to get to without hiking fo rdays, and > with my bad back and hip it's just not an option.. > So, I flyfish for bream and sunfish (cause in Bama > there have been four pound bluegill caught NO fish > tale there LOL)...Anyway, went to my favorite > watershed here yesterday afternoon to try out my > early fathers day fish/deptfinder, and the surface > water temp is about 84.5 degrees, and 85 degrees > drives the bluegills etc back into deeper (cooler) > water.. So, I didn't catch anything much cause I > have been using bream killer "water bug" flies, and > tearin em up on the bed.. But, now, any suggestions > to pull em out of the deeper water??? I know I'll > have to go to a sinking wet fly, but which types > would be best??? Thanks in advance.. Chuck da Newbie > Flyfisher __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
