I've never really thought about the number of bluegill on a specific fly, but I would guess 50 or more is average. I try to tie my flies to last. For example, if I'm tying on a chenille body, I will smear a drop of super glue on the hook/thread base prior to wrapping the chenille. This body is not going to come loose. I find that bass often mangle flies worse than bluegill and my personal best is 84 bass and 9 large bluegill in one morning on the same fly. I could have kept on fishing that poor streamer, but I thought it deserved to survive. It now sits taped to my computer monitor as a reminder of a very fun day of fishing.

Jim Smith