Brassies For Farm Ponds

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Anyone ever used brassies for farm pond blue gills and bass.

[Wayne SW/MO]

No but fat bugs always seemed to work well along with poppers and the Black Ghost. The McGinty was one of my favorites and I know Fishnwrench has some favorite fat bugs.

[Chris Barclay]

I've used them when the fish are deep. they've work well with rubber legs but usually something else works better.

[troutchaser]

Brassies are okay for bluegill. I've had luck with chartreuse copper johns. It only happened on one trip, so maybe it was a random occurrence. I prefer a foam terrestrial (ant, spider, cricket, hopper) or a san juan worm under an indicator for bluegills. I have a lot more luck with them. I know someone who swears by the mackey bug, so you might try that variation.

I don't really bass fish with my fly rod, so I don't have any advice on that subject.

[stlfisher]

If the aren't hitting on top I tie a very simple pattern similiar to a Cap Spider. Black Chenille for the body and two rubber leg on each side. It has worked very well for me.

[Chris Barclay]

If the aren't hitting on top I tie a very simple pattern similiar to a Cap Spider. Black Chenille for the body and two rubber leg on each side. It has worked very well for me.

My 'go to' bluegill fly is similar with beadchain eyes so it rides hook point up.

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I was told yesterday by a reliable source, that if they aren't hitting on top to just use my trout nymphs. Simply cast them out and let them sink, raise and bring in, and sink again. Just like one would do for Texas rigged worm. So I was going through the fly books, and I thought the brassie flash might catch some attention. But it looks like movement, rubber legs and such, might be more important.

[Chris Barclay]

Bluegill have personalities like any other fish that varies from water to water so I'd give it a shot if i were you. A friend of mine up in Peoria does very well on a copper john with rubber legs up there. I've tried it in a few spots and it didn't work for me very well (lots of variables in there though).

It's worth a try, that's for sure! You may find a new favorite. And yes, fishing them slow like a plastic worm is how I like to fish for 'gills most of the time.

[fishinwrench]

I love me some bluegillin'

If you can find a pond/lake with big honker gills you can stay busy for another 3 months. Flashy stuff doesn't work well for me where I fish, all black seems to turn the bigguns on everywhere I have found them.

This mini-arsenal here is all I ever need for gills...

[stlfisher]

Nicely done wrench. I tie some very similiar to the first picture...I like to use

black/yellow legs or black/orange as well.

My 'go to' bluegill fly is similar with beadchain eyes so it rides hook point up.

Nice sounds like a winner to me.