Bluegill Fly With Rubber Legs

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Looking for a good bluegill fly (wet/nymph), but it has to have rubber legs. Got one?

[Lancer09]

bullys bluegill spider.

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That one is already on my to try list. I've heard that one is a killer.

[exiledguide]

Google "Bully's Bluegill Spider". Or get a copy of "Bluegill....Fly Fishing & Flies" by Terry and Roxane Wilson. They invented, I think, this pattern. The Bullys Bluegill Spider and a #10 Black Gnat Plain Designed by Tom Nixon which is a slow sinking wet fly and until the Bully's came along, has been catching me bluegill for at least 35 years. Add a # 12 Adams and Black Gnat dry and you can fill your bucket with bluegill.

[Wayne SW/MO]

The Cap Spider. It's been around a long time. For topwater, it's easy to tie a foam spider. I can give you directions if you're interested.

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The Cap Spider. It's been around a long time. For topwater, it's easy to tie a foam spider. I can give you directions if you're interested.

Please.

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I realize I asked about rubber legs, because that seemed to be the ticket. However, anyone ever used a simple brassie for gils with success. What about a brassie with front rubber legs like the bullie? Hum, sounds like a new fly to try.

[Wayne SW/MO]

Mic there are exceptions to everything, but rubber legs and bi color take gills more consistantly then any other type of fly, IMO.

I tie my spiders in yellow and black. Yellow/black centipede legs on the yellow and chartreuse or white on the black. I tie them on Daiichi 1710 in 10's and 12's.

Tie a strip of foam, about 3/16" wide and half again as long as the hook, at the gap end of the shank, foam pointing away from the hook. take a piece of foam that is square, it will be about 2mm wide, and tie it with long wraps on the bottom of the shank. (you can substitute vernille at this point, but I don't) When you're tying this in stop at the half way point of the shank and pull the first foam piece over and tie it down a that point. tie in a piece of leg so that that a leg on either side points down at a 45 degree angle.

Wrap the thread forward, wrapping the small piece of foam as you go, to a point halfway between the last tie and the eye. Wrap forward to the eye and tie everything down. I make a whip at this point. make a quick long wrap back to the last body wrap and tie in a set of legs. Pull the foam from the eye back to this point and tie it down on top of the legs and the wrap holding them, whip finish it. Cut the excess foam. This doubled back foam will give the fly a head and more flotation.

I'll try to post a picture later.

[MaxDrown]

Blue Gill eat anything. Tie some legs and hackle on some foam, wiggle it around, and you'll catch 10,000 bluegill.

[MaxDrown]

This fly is called the Pan Popper. I saw it on The Tying Bench on PBS. I have caught tons and tons of bluegill on this fly and lots of bass, too.

This fly works well with a dropper, too. You'll get sick of catching the gills after awhile with these. The droppers in this photo are called Wicked Worms.