Jimmy: Thanks... When i first started tying, (which ain't been too long ago LOL)...I read in one of my books that "a bluegill will hit any trout fly you tie" or similar statement.. I guess that is true.. Like Tom says, I have caught them on worms, bread, crickets, grass hoppers, pieces of a hotdog weiner, a piece of cheese, and now flies, so I guess they ARE easy to catch.. Maybe that is why they are my "species of choice"... But, they can be picky when the water is too hot, or too cold, or has a low oxygen level,but what fish don't... Chuck
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jimmy D. Moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 7:54 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] Bluegill fishing with the Adams?? > 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. > **************************************************************************** ********************* > > 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 > > > > > > > > -- > ******************************************************************* > 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 > ******************************************************************** > "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] > ******************************************************************* > > > > > > > > > >
