Chuck,
I've always used a dry flies for blue gills and other panfish. Rarely
would one turn them down. This was in the deep south too, and goes all
the way back to my time in Florida, Alabama, Missipi, and the last 30
years, Texas. When the Willow, (mayflies) are falling, Bluegills will
hit anything. My first experience was as a 12 year old boy in Alabama,
fishing a Heddon bamboo and a handful of dry flies given me by our next
door neighbor, who was a fly fisherman from way back. He told me never
to worry about bluegills, that they'd eat anything. My Dad and I caught
116 bluegills in just over an hour that afternoon on the backwater of
Pick Wick Lake, Alabama. I will never forget it, for I had to clean all
of them! As for my experiences with them, my next door neighbor was
100% right.
JIMMY D
P.S. I don't fish for bedding bluegills. They're easier enough to
catch without robbing them off their nest and disturbing things.
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Wes Wada wrote:
I rarely have an opportunity to fish for gills, but have had good
success using a Royal Wulff for good action on top. Just happened to
try it out of a trout fly box, and it worked really well!
Wes Wada
Bend, Oregon
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Jimmy D. Moore - Scout Exec. BSA (Ret.), TOWA, TF&G Contributor, GRTU Past VP.
Past Pres. McGregor Rotary. Freelance Outdoor writer, humorist, half-assed Texan
and collector of classic bamboo fly rods and classic golf clubs
Author - "MOON HOLLER MISFITS Fishing & Hunting Club", ©
JIMMY D's Fly Fishing Website:
http://home.earthlink.net/~rayado/rayadoflyfishingflypatternstips/index.html
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"Being able to read trout streams is just as valuable to a fly fisherman as the
ability to read a defense is to an NFL Quarterback."
Jimmy D. Moore - © [2004]
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