my favorite bluegill catch was on a 1/0 clouser. And the fly didn't look too big for the fish either. :)
it was in a miami canal loaded with peacock bass, oscars, mayan cichlids, & jaguar gapotes. bounced the clouser near a submerged pallet (oh the joy & beauty of urban angling) and BAM! that little guy (okay, not so little) nailed it. Big 'ol bluegill with a nice, shiny copper head. I felt bad, it was probably the last surviving native fish in that canal! I got him back in asap so hopefully he's still there holding down the fort. Aside from the segue I've caught both panfish & bass on size 6 & 4 glades minnows. On 1/16/07, Kevin W. Machon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Chuck: See http://www.warmwaterflytyer.com/welcome.asp Most of the flies here are designed just for that purpose - big gills as well as bass, crappie, smallies, etc. Good site, a lot of good info and tying instruction. K From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [VFB] Bass and Bluegills on the same fly question??? Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 06:27:24 EST In a message dated 1/16/2007 1:32:34 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: i tied most of my flies on size 10-16 hooks.. And, the bass flies are tied mostly on size 6 and bigger... So, could I tie a bass bug, or clouser minnow , etc ect, in a size that is in between the 6 and the 10 and catch both???? I guess you could Hey Chuck, Alot of bass and panfish flies are trout flies just tied on a larger hook. Even on saltwater I've caught stripers, blues and weakfish on wooley buggers tied on a 3/0, 2/0. and brown trout on clouser minnows tied down to a # 10. My colors I use on clousers that small are combinations of white and chartruse, brown and white, olive and white, and some of them with a splash of pearl krystal flash in the middle. I did tie a fire tiger small clouser then put stripes on it with a marker for a small perch look but haven't gotten it wet yet. Ray (Long Island New York) _________________________________________________________________ Get FREE Web site and company branded e-mail from Microsoft Office Live http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/mcrssaub0050001411mrt/direct/01/
