Re: Favorite Dry Flies for Bluegill
Standard foam beetles and hi-viz beetles are good. I suppose they aren't traditional dry flies, but lemme tell ya, they never sink and can take a few hundred freshwater piranha attacks before they're spent if you tie them right! I also like Stims and EHCs.
Re: Favorite Dry Flies for Bluegill
I tye an olive woolly bugger with a chartreuse, krystal-type chenille tail (looped) on a size 8 Mustad 9671 that works very well locally. The loop of chenille for the tail makes it float for a while.
Ed
Re: Favorite Dry Flies for Bluegill
If you mean hackled, then a CDC&Elk and Griffith's Gnat. As far as floating, then add black beetle, black ant, and small foam poppers and sliders with some flash in them.
Re: Favorite Dry Flies for Bluegill
cdc elks caddis, black gnat, and hares ear nymphs
Re: Favorite Dry Flies for Bluegill
For a classic dry fly I'd have to agree with the Elk Hair Caddis. It seems to make bluegills mad for some reason. They will attack these when nothing else, including live-bait, is working.
Semper Fi!
Re: Favorite Dry Flies for Bluegill
Hi Greg,
When the hexs are on, a hex dry has worked for me. I carry them even though I don't currently have access to a pond that has a lot of hexes. When I see any on the water I will generally try them, or a hex nymph.
When the gills are after the hex drys, and hex dry pattern is the way to go.
Regards,
Gandolf
Re: Favorite Dry Flies for Bluegill
My most productive gill fly is a black foam spider with white rubber legs tied with red thread. Fished in the evening in the last 30 min before total darkness.
Re: Favorite Dry Flies for Bluegill
How about hoppers, they make a nice little splash that can get the gils attention.
If their feeding on small flys, they may see this as an opportunity to have eggs bennidict when they've been eating dry toast.