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I tyed some small Clouser minnows in yellow and white #10 nymph hook to go after big bluegills. No takers from the bluegill but the White Bass couldn't get enough! I hadn't caught a white bass before but now that I have big buegill are no longer the dream. What a great little fish to play on a 7'6" 3wt.
does anybody know of any other good white bass flies?
Greg,
I have caught white bass, stripers, and hybrids on this fly. [url=http://www.spiritriverinc.com/xcart/customer/product.php?productid=17181&cat=397&page=1:916c7]http://www.spiritriverinc.com/xcart/customer/product.php?productid=17181&cat=397&page=1[/url:916c7]
Steve
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Thanks Steve
Looks like something I'd try.
Greg
Try the Hart's Ghost Minnow:
[url=http://www.bassbugcentral.com/smbflies.html:c6cff]http://www.bassbugcentral.com/smbflies.html[/url:c6cff]
It's about half way down the page. This recipe calls for a #4 hook but you can down size to a #6 without problems. Simple & quick to tie.
Thanks TxBuddha
I love simple! One question, it's a bead not a barrel correct?
Thanks again,
Greg
It's a bead head.
Another one I like was developed by one of our local guys who calls it "Bacon" as in everyone likes bacon.
Take a streamer hook, I use Mustad 9672's, add a brass cone head, tie in a maribou tail ala wooly bugger, and wrap the hook shank with crystal chenille. You can use whatever color you like but here in TX we use mostly olive. I'd post a link but the website where it's located is undergoing a software upgrade so it's likely it wouldn't work anyway. It's as simple as it sounds.
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Bassman sent me a couple of his mini-wolly buggerrs. They are dynamite on big fat bluegills. Fished just below the surface with a floating line and short leader (lots of lily pads here). John knows his stuff!
I'll have to try the mini wolley buggers. I think olive or fluorecent green wood work great here. Thanks for the tip.
Greg
try your minnows in chartruse. a gurgler works well in So. Illinois.
Dennis
Instead of bucktail, tie down a short strip of zonker. Black works darned well. We call this a Gill Buster. Wrap thread back on the hook shank to just above the point, the back to the weight, under it and create a head. I've caught just about every warmwater fish on black Gill Busters, on size 10 dry fly hooks. JGW
Got out this weekend and fished a new lake. Lots of panfish! Everybody else fishing for catfish and bass.
All Size #10
Popper Black/Green
Mini Bugger Olive/Flo Yellow
Mini Bugger Red/White/Flo Yellow
Clouser Flo Yellow/White
Caught five nice Bluegill about 7" and three Redears. Two were 8.5" and one 9.5". They made a nice Sunday dinner.
Thanks everybody for the help.
Greg
For White(Sand)Bass, I use Clouser's, Black Ghost, and a fly I designed-sort of.
It's tied on a # 8 Dry-Fly hook, Just tie on small clumps of Sea-Fibres, Puglisi-style alternating between top and bottom, in the appropriate colors to 'match-the-hatch' on the baitfish you want to represent. I usually use all white, and color the top with a Dk. Olive Green Prismacolor marker, and a bit of red marker for the gills. You can add dark stripes, or color them any way you want with these markers.
For a shad, use slightly bigger clumps, and put Gray fibres on top and white on the bottom. For a Bluegill or Pumpkinseed, use Dk. Olive on top and yellow or orange on the botom, then add details with the markers. Finish the fly by adding a pair of stick-on eyes, and coating the head with silicone.
They are deadly!
Semper Fi!
Thanks
OooRah!
I'm from Oklahoma and love catching large blue gill. In May we tied up Richard Komar's Black Widow spider found here on FAOL and have yielded more large blue gill than ever....some up to 1/2 pound. Best fly I've ever found for keeper blue gill.