Pete, Thanks for the warm welcome.. This has got to be the friendliest,my helpful, and funniest group on the net.. I LOVE it... I'll have to study up more on those flies, cause all I know so far is.. Around here there are tons of yellow jackets, red ants, and may flies, so I have just been using flies that look like those insects to ME LOL.. And the bream killers with the rubber legs, black bodied and jerk it across the water like a water bug, and have had great success with Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Shell Cracker, and some rock bass, along with a few bass and crappie off these same patterns... I do want to learn all I can though, cause knowing the water you fish and the best bait for that water, etc will produce better results... Have you tried these worm flies???? Looks like little redworms.. I wonder cause I raise my own redworms and when all else fails, i can go with those and a Zebco 33 and catch my limit (50 bream per day), on most days this yr...New watershed I am fishing for the first time, cause you have to have a boat to fish it, and I finally got a 14" alluminum john boat from my son in law, and Got a trolling motor, and now a new depth/fish finder for early fathers day,all I need now is some good weather. We have had (here in NE AL) storms for two weeks solid, and now that that tropical storm is moving through too, I can't fish because of lightening... Rain i don't mind, but will not be on the water in a metal boat LOL.. Anyway, I was wondering if they would hit those worm flies like they do the real worms, cause I LOVE to fish long as I'm catching SOMETHING LOL... I don't catch anything, in 30 minutes I'm gone LOL.. Patience is not one of my virtues, but like I said, long as I'm even catching "butterbean bream" I'll stay all day.... Thanks again, Chuck
----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Gramp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2005 2:01 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] Any More Bream Flyfishers here??? Welcome Chuck! Sorry it's a day late a dollar short, but I figure it's better late than never when it comes to fishing advice... I fish for bream all of the time (well, that is whenever I get a chance to go out fishing...) -- I use a 7' 4 weight currently, but I'm building a 6'6" 2weight rod as soon as REC sends the blank. Anyhow, the "killing-est" fly this last weekend (in SE PA (2 hours NNE of philadelphia), about 1pm til 3:30pm on the 4th of June) was a simple Sz. 16 Zug Bug pattern with the wing case made of a (chartruse- yellow / woodduck / lemon) dyed malard flank clipped the traditional short. Oddly, they didn't like pheasant tails with herl thoraxes, copper johns with herl, or even prince nymphs... all in the same sizes, just different patterns. Still trying to figure why, but for now, who cares - my dad caught a pumpkinseed bigger than my palm, and that's plenty proof enough for me! If you would like some of that chartruse malard flank, I *think* I have some left and would be more than happy to send some in an envelope to you. It may be a week before I can get to the post office, but it'll get out as soon as I can -- or I'll ask my wife to send it. She's home for the summer, being a school librarian, the lucky dog... Best of luck fishin' and tight wraps, Pete
