Biggest bluegill I caught (in a Miami canal loaded with butterfly peacocks, oscars, cichlids, jaguar gapotes & other critters) nailed a 1/0 chart/white clouser minnow. Big 'gill. Very aggressive. The 1/0 fly looked just right in his mouth too. Guess you had to be a bruiser to survive in that environment! It's not my normal bluegill fly but it's yet another testament to the venerable clouser minnow! ;-)
On 6/20/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Chuck: > I think everybody thinks they have the "best" bluegill fly. Problem is > they only use it as opposed to experimenting with various patterns. Right > now my hottest bream fly is a size 6 Sneaky Pete, which any sane bream fly > fisher will tell you is entirely to big for them to get in their mouths. > Over the years my hot flies have varied. For a while it was a size 8 White > Estaz bug. The last year or so it's been a size 8 or 10 Green Weenie, along > with the Sneaky Pete. By the way when you get your tying kit, ask me to > give you the tying instructions for the Green Weenie and Estaz Bug. Very > easy to tie and very effective. As bighawkfan mentioned a lot of "trout" > flies, particularly nymphs work well for bream. There are a lot of foam > patterns that can be tied out of the foam you can buy in arts and craft > stores, or the arts and craft section of places like Wally Mart or K-mart. > Chernobyl Ants, fun foam poppers can be tied easily. I use smaller patterns > from my bass and saltwater boxes, small epoxy shrimp, surf candies, other > bait fish patterns tied 1 1/2 to 2 inches long work. Check out some of the > warm water sites. There's probably a thousand patterns out there, every one > of them is the "best" one. > > Jerry C > "All things considered, I'd rather be in Philadelphia." > > > > > In a message dated 6/20/2005 15:42:23 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > 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 > >
