Garry: I'm not sure about the leader knot, but wanted to ask ya about that
Red Tag.. Is that a marabou tail?? Peacock herl body?? and a brown hen
hackle???
Also, I was catching most of my bluegills on Yellow flies this year, but
went out fishing with my wife yesterday (Monday, as Tuesday I had to go get
the bi monthly Spinal Epidural shots in my lower back).. Anyway, I caught at
least 20 Bluegills and one decent largemouth bass on the following.. A Gill
Getter using a #8 hook that had a brown squirrel's tail tail (only about
1/4" long).. a Fluorescent Chartreuse chenille body, brown rubber legs and a
red thread head.. I then took several wraps of copper that is painted red,
and about 33 gauge I guess, and wrapped it several turns around the "waist"
of the Fly, right where you tie in the legs.. HTH, Chuck
----- Original Message -----
From: "Garry V. Wiles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 9:33 PM
Subject: [VFB] fishing report
Howdy Listers,
Below is what I posted on my MySpace Blog. Third time out fishing, same
fly rod, same fly, still lots of bluegill, still a big smile on my face.
I think they only thing I've done since I've been fishing last Friday has
been to replace the tippet that came with the leader I bought and put a
straight piece of 5x on instead. I have a big wind-knot in the braided
tapered leader, but I haven't done much with it other than pull it tight.
It seems very up to the task of landing bluegill all day long and I don't
think it's going to see fish much bigger than what I'm catching now. I'm
thinking of hitting it with some glue, then trimming the stuck loops off.
If you're wondering the fly, it's a Treacle Parkin - a Red Tag with an
orange tail instead of red.
Any questions? Comments? Idears?
Garry
Happy Tuesday All!! As most of you know, Tuesdays are the days I get my
oldest daugther after work/school. It was such a nice day today that I
couldn't pass up a walk around the park at the very least. Burrell Lake
Park was the closest park that had a path the whole way around the lake as
well as a small playground for the girls, as I knew they would want to
play some too. During the walk around the lake, I had spotted a few
places where I could see some bluegill coming to the surface and then
fading back into the murky waters. On the far side of the lake we ran
into some teenagers fishing as well, my oldest decided to tell them where
we had found the fish. I had hoped we would be able to fish them
ourselfs, but I knew the kids heard her and would go looking to see what
she was saying was true. We finished walking around the lake and went to
The Exploder and picked up my fishing gear. As we walked back towards the
spot, I could see the last of the boys walking towards where I had spotted
the most of the bluegill hanging around and as we rounded the bend in the
shore, I could see that the other guys were already there. Luckily, they
had left us a spot where I could get close enough and the girls had a
place to sit. I was able to flip one of the two rods with out much
problem, but it was too tight for two of us to fish. So I hooked them and
the girls got to reel them in. We caught three bluegill in quick
succession. The other guys where stunned and couldn't believe it. The
one kid that was using worms or parts of them was also getting nibbles,
but I'm pretty sure his hook was too big for the fish he was feeding. I
watched him land one and hook up with two more. Fish four through seven
weren't as easy to hook up with, they took alittle longer to entice with
my fly, but the other guys were getting discouraged with our success while
they were coming up short. Both girls started to want to touch the fish
and put them back in the water. I started working with the oldest in
taking the fish off the hook. By the end of our short trip, Sarra was
able to land a bluegill and take it off the hook and put it back in the
water. Kaity was taking a fish, giving it a Jimmy Houston kiss (tm), and
tossing it back in herself. They made Daddy really proud today and it
didn't hurt that we outfished 3 times our number with just 1 fly rod and
we quit because it got too easy.
