Re: [VFB] Bluegill fishing with the Adams??

Wed, 04 Jan 2006 17:27:23 -0800

 
Around here most of the bigger gills, read hand size, I catch either fall to a size 4 Sneaky Pete or to minnow patterns.  With the colder water it might be tough to get them interested in a Sneaky Pete, but a slowly stripped minnow pattern might do it.  I tie mine out of artificial hairs, like Polar Fiber, Mirror Image, Fuzzy Fiber.  They run from 1 1/2 to 3 inches long.
Here's one tied out of Polar Fiber.
 
 
I also like small Crease flies, 1 to 2 inches long.  Fished on a sinking line these can be fished like a suspending twitch/jerk bait.  My best day on a lake came at special panfish reg one.  Caught a dozen cookie cutter gills that measured 10 inches long and 7 inches wide(from top fin to belly).  These all fell to a fly I call an Estaz Bug. 
 
 
As far as the Adams goes, I've been tying for a few years, and was never really good with wings.  If they keep giving you trouble, tie a Parachute Adams instead. 
 
Jerry C
"All things considered, I'd rather be in Philadelphia."
That's true.. Older they get the smarter they get...Maybe they were hooked a
time or two when they were young, but got away, so they know what a hook
looks like. And like you say, the size that I call "butterbeans" will eat
anything, from tiny things and big things.. I've caught those tiny ones on
huge bass lures before.. I wish that was true with ME ,The getting smarter
as I get older part..LOL Chuck

----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Zieger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 4:45 PM
Subject: Re: [VFB] Bluegill fishing with the Adams??


> I think for the smaller gills this is ture but to get the big bruisers you
> have to do more work.  Seveal writer have said they are pickier that
trout.
>
> Rick
>

 

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