[VFB] Killer Bluegill Fly

[Chuck Alexander]

Folks: I received some flies from Gary Webb... I tried out one of the "Palmyra" and it is a Blue Gill Killer... Floods etc have the fishing kinda messed up here... But, my two youngest sons and I went to the local Watershed yesterday to our "Bluegill Honey Hole"... Caught a 7 inch  Gill FIRST cast...My sons caught a few each, using this same fly, but I ended up, in just a cplhours of fishing, with 20 Bluegill and Shell Cracker bream...I NEVER even changed flies, cause I kept catching them with that one... Also.. I have a question for anybody who can answer it.. Around here (NE Alabama) the most popular fish for fly fishing are Bluegill (and all types of Bream), Crappie, and  Largemouth and Striped (Hybrid) Bass... What makes a Bluegill fly a bluegill fly????Is it just because it has proven to catch bluegill???? I mean, that book I was reading last week about fly fishing/tying for Bluegill by Terry and Roxanne Wilson, say the "Bully's Bluegill Spider" has been their best bluegill fly in 35 yrs..But is it a bluegill fly cause of the way it is tied?? or because it catches bluegill well??? I plan to get a fly tying starter kit next month, and want to specialize in flies for those type fish I mentioned only (unless I go to FL to see my Grand Son and Grand daughter down there, and et to do some saltwater fishing while I'm there)... So, how do I know which would be the best patterns to tie???? I see TONS of "trout flies" and "salmon flies" on sites, TV shows etc, but few "bluegill flies" per say.... Thanks for any info, Chuck