What patterns are working for you

[wayneb]

Hi All;

I've gone fishing in my local pond three times this month and on each occasion, a yellow size 10 gurgle pop has been the hot fly pattern. I've caught Bass, bluegill, Crappie and lost a decent Pickerel. On all three occasions, I've caught in excess of 20 fish in less than two hours.

I keep meaning to try subsurface patterns but don't see a reason to change

What's been working for you??

Wayneb

[Rick Z]

White and yellow boa yarn flies, black furl tailed leech, and some new patterns that I have been messing with.
materials were on the desk and got all mixed together.

Rick

[quivira kid]

Rick's furled tail mohair leeches and a little nymph I've come up with/modified... soon as I get a new partridge skin, I plan to do a Fly of the Week submission...

[Uncle Jesse]

Hi All;

I've gone fishing in my local pond three times this month and on each occasion, a yellow size 10 gurgle pop has been the hot fly pattern. I've caught Bass, bluegill, Crappie and lost a decent Pickerel. On all three occasions, I've caught in excess of 20 fish in less than two hours.

I keep meaning to try subsurface patterns but don't see a reason to change What's been working for you?? Wayneb

Allow me to encourage you to tie a dropper on to your gurgle pop. Two bull bluegills at the same time will convince you its the right thing to do.

[PA Dave]

My most recent outing I had great success with a #10 Elk hair caddis. I tied up a few for bluegills, but it brought in bluegills, LM bass, and pickerel, one after the other. I think I'm going to tie up some #8 or even #6's just to see how they work.

[new2thefly]

Up here in New Jersey black dragonflys and light green hoppers, both in size 10, are knocking them dead so far this year.

[Bluegill222]

Clouser minnows. Small ones. 10's and 12's with kiptail and squirrel tail instead of bucktail. They've been working on everything that swims around here.

[EdD]

Patriot with a very sparse wing and Robert's Drake (tied small ~ sz14 2 xl), but that was on rainbows. The 'gills drifted up, looked over my offerings, and snubbed me.

Ed

[gerryg]

just hi
my goto fly from april to november for blue gills is a # 12 black wooley bugger with a silver flashabu tail (4 to 6 strands) with 6 wraps of .020 lead .
i think the silver flashabau is the key.
gerryg