Gills Are On Fire !

[fishinwrench]

Hooked up with Cadillacricket yesterday on a Monataeu county bluegill pond, we had a blast catching Gills up to 11 inches, Crappie to 12" and Bass up to 15" on the flyrods. Cricket is taking to flyfishing quite well....the dude's got stamina and determination for sure, and he's not afraid to wade knee deep in the mucky quagmires that Snakes, Snappers and Beavers call home. Warmwater flyfishing certainly has it's own wading difficulties

Here's the "bug" we're throwing

We thought the bite was beginning to slow down in the late afternoon, but then we found a section of old sunken barbed-wire fence at the opposite end of the 70 acre "pond" that was absolutely lousy with 'em. Of course all the bites were on the other side of the fence....which made it interesting and shredded some leaders.

So....anybody else pond-hoppin' for big Gills ?

[FishinCricket]

Hooked up with Cadillacricket yesterday on a Monataeu county bluegill pond, we had a blast catching Gills up to 11 inches, Crappie to 12" and Bass up to 15" on the flyrods. Cricket is taking to flyfishing quite well....the dude's got stamina and determination for sure, and he's not afraid to wade knee deep in the mucky quagmires that Snakes, Snappers and Beavers call home. Warmwater flyfishing certainly has it's own wading difficulties

Here's the "bug" we're throwing

We thought the bite was beginning to slow down in the late afternoon, but then we found a section of old sunken barbed-wire fence at the opposite end of the 70 acre "pond" that was absolutely lousy with 'em. Of course all the bites were on the other side of the fence....which made it interesting and shredded some leaders.

So....anybody else pond-hoppin' for big Gills ?

You got me hooked, that's for sure! Sinking a hook into 30 or more fish every time I pick up a fly rod might have something to do with it...

But I must be crazy wading that quagmire in leaky waders! I dumped, what, 5 gallons or so out of those things? LOL

Wonder why laclede county doesn't have conservation ponds and lakes like that, I really liked that place!

(Oh, and to be fair, Wrench outfished me two to one, but lost twice as many bugs as me.. LOL Oh, and if I keep practicing my fileting technique he's definitely gonna have to find something else to pick on me about.. I am sure he will come up with something.. Oh, shoot! he's probably reading this!)

I am going to set up a fly fishing tour of laclede county, you down?

[Danoinark]

Ok FW come clean on the bug....

Its a good looker.

Dano

[Zack Hoyt]

Looks like a woolie worm setup with foam underlayed and legs out the back. Stinkin thing ought to float forever.

[patfish]

Yeah, give it up Wrench!

[zsmith62]

The thing actually looks a lot like the first "fly" I ever tied... Long before I was ever into fly fishing, I got a few jigheads that were just laying around, took some rubber legs off of my bass jigs and found a few random pieces of pipe cleaner and "tied" something that looked oddly familiar. Minus the hackle and they look to be about the same except I not only had rubber legs coming out the back, but I had them coming out of the front too. It absolutely slayed the bluegills on my ultralight... I've actually thought of tying some fly versions but have never got around to it... looks like someone beat me to it.

[fishinwrench]

Yeah, give it up Wrench!

It's just a woolly worm with rubber tails.

Hook: 9671 #12

Weight: 8 turns of .020 lead wire (middle of the shank).

Tail: 2 strands of med. black round rubber.

Hackle: 5 turns of dyed black saddle (tied in by the tip and palmered).

Body: med. chenille.

Cast it next to a stump, pull the slack out and give it a little twitch.... then just let it sink.

[fishinwrench]

I am going to set up a fly fishing tour of laclede county, you down?

I'm all ears Can you get us on that mythical section of the upper Osage fork that is "guarded with cannons" ?