I haven't been in BG since the 60's where I was in college.I fly fished there and loved it.First of all,the Barren river flows through town.It is great brim water.
I remember a deadly technique was...
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I haven't been in BG since the 60's where I was in college.I fly fished there and loved it.First of all,the Barren river flows through town.It is great brim water.
I remember a deadly technique was...
Many years ago I had the pleasure of going into a slough(it is called the gator hole)where the gators were breeding.
What a sight--the males(?)would charge up out of the water then slide over and...
I now use just 2 flies almost all the time.First,I use a clouser in a size6 -12,usually in blue over white or in dingy water in chartruese.The second fly is one of my
own creation---I tie what is...
I have not used Congo hair but I am sure it will work---I started out using EP fibers but soon tried craft hair from W-M and also fake fur from W-M .I n fact the fly that was tied Puglisi method
but...
You can try this ---http://www.bigbluegill.com/profile/geraldwilt
I have tied many Puglisi using the Owner Mosquito hook in 8,6,4 and have caught many big brim and big crappie.It has for many years now my best brim,shellcraker and crappie fly.
Also,think about...
I first went into F.M around 1964 so I one time new L.Eufaula like the back o f my hand.
The marina sets sort of in a creek so you might try your toon in there.Right outside the
marina is the main...
Tying flies never ceases with me no matter the time of year so that will go on.I will do a lot of shakey head fishing for spotted bass with spinning gear because you catch the biggest baddest spots...
Small ponds no big deal go deeper or if a midge hatch go tiny like a 18-22 Griffins gnat.In larger water ,like a city reservoir,I have done well in low wind bright sunlight and north end
of...
When I was 16 I broke my leg while sledding in Indiana behind a cemetery ---had to lay there an hour or so while they got an old truck to come an haul me out.In 1960. I had moved to Clemson SC.I went...
I need to add this about the stayner ducktail it can be a killer on shellcrackers when fished
below a strike indicator--I caught several this past couple of weeks when fishing a reservoir in east...
Back in the sixties I started fishing plastic worms on casting tackle using the texas rig.In the 70's I started thinking about fishing them on fly rods.I was given a 12 wgt and so I bought a sink...
Refer to Feather-Craft 2007 cat. page 45 and the Puglisi"freshwater baitfish pattern.
I tye these on 8,6,4,Owner mosquitoe hooks for bluegills.I usually use EP fibers but also get
very interesting...
Oh one final pattern that is my favorte for bass and big bluegills and shellcrackers is
tied like a jig --I take a Q tip tube and put on wire in tool then I add a bead with a hole large enough
to...
I have tied a number of different tube flies mostly for bass ,brim and crappie.I use Q tips mostly.
I have tied Chernoble ants poppers,muddlers,deer hair heads on tubes for bass streamers,etc..
I...
I am sorry but Mr Ugly uses emus feathers radiating around the head instead of peacock herl---sorry about that.By the way the picture was taken after I had returned from West Point Lk.after a day...
I have caught loads of bluegills ,redbreast,redears,and spotted bass on the above jig flies especially in the pumpkin and yellow tail version.Here is anoth good fly I tie in 12,10,and 8s.I call it mr...
My rendition-sort of- of pigboat
see http://www.myfishingpictures.com/img/058029.jpg
these are tied in sizes 12,10,&8s.
I tye a fly very much like a Pigboat but I use a brass bead head and I tye it with silicone strands and a short
Zonker hair tail---These flies are tyied on 8 down to 12 size hooks and they are...
I think "tubers drown your a**quick"will soon be most appropriate.
I got a good deal on a 4 wgt.DT line a while back.I cut a 30ft "head" off of each end of the line and made 2 shooting heads,1 was 26ft long
(an addtional 4 ft removed from large end)and the other...
I to use a 2 wgt on my 1wgt.Orvis---Also I find the larger line enhances my ability to cast larger flies when going after warm water fish.
Many years ago I used a Pflueger Pilot spinner
which had a fly tied on a single hook(size 8)with a shaft having a propeller type spinner.It was a smallmouth killer in streams around southeastern...
Gee has it been that long--I just looked in my
box of special materials and found I still had
15 packs of Schwannundaze I haven't got around to using.Hans is right about it I have it in several...
A glue that I have had really good success with
is BOND 527 multi purpose cement.I have used it on plastic eyes I glue to Puglisi's and deer hair flies.It is not advertised as water proof but rather...