Flies for Bluegill

[gonefishin]

What are your favorite flies for Bluegills and Redear? I plan to go fishing this weekend. I will report on what I catch, if anything, and where.

Bud

[Simsmarine]

This one kicks gill-butt for me. No retrieve necessary, just put it close to them and let it slow-sink.

Here's the biggest one I caught last year (the one in my hand), and another close candidate.

[gonefishin]

Great looking fly!! Do you tie those yourself or are they available for purchase?

[Brian K. Shaffer]

Check the Mackie Bug for bluegill - Jeremy ties a great one~!

I've always done well on just about anything.

If presented properly - all fish will eat flies.

Brian

[Simsmarine]

GF, I tie them myself, it's a: 9671 #12/ black glass bead/ black round rubber tail/ purple(med.)ultra chenille body/ black saddle hackle/ black crystal flash wing. Assembled in that order.

The pattern originally(as shown to me) had a calf tail wing and required some lead wraps along with the glass bead to sink it, but I like the flashy CF wing (with no lead added) better. There IS something about that purple body, I did some in solid black, and some with a chartruese body but they haven't impressed me near as much as the one shown.

Again, if you try it...No retrieve! just cast it close to the cover, tighten up the slack and watch for a bite as it sinks.

That Mackie bug oughta do the trick too....I'd try it in Purple

[roundtrout]

I've always liked topwater, cork popping bugs. Bumble Bee (yellow and black) with a black maribou tail or red and white with a red tail. Guess those are kind of classic, or should I say boring? But I still like them and they produce. That purple bug is great looking and I may have to tie up something like it myself. Is it hard to get down without the lead? Does it tend to stick in the surface tension?

[Simsmarine]

I've always liked topwater, cork popping bugs. Bumble Bee (yellow and black) with a black maribou tail or red and white with a red tail. Guess those are kind of classic, or should I say boring? But I still like them and they produce. That purple bug is great looking and I may have to tie up something like it myself. Is it hard to get down without the lead? Does it tend to stick in the surface tension?

No, not with the CF wing, once its soaked you're good to go. The slow fall is what triggers the bites. If you tie them with any kind of a hair wing you'll have to add a bit of lead though. The only particular I can think to add is: I fish them with 4lb. flourocarbon tippet.

This purple wetfly and a dime sized sponge spider(black/white legs) is all I have needed the last few years to load up on gills at the 5 different lakes/ponds that I fish.

darn, now I'm gettin' all psyched to go Gillin' !

I'm gonna wait until this current front passes, then I'll give'em a try. I have noticed that if you get after them as soon as they make their first movement into the shallows you'll get bigger ones. Then after that with each passing warm day more and more little runts will start to show up.

Don't forget that the North side of the lakes warm up quicker.