Im kind of looking forward to some cooler weather fishing and the thought came up of something good to be tying, whats some of y'all's fave flies for late summer/fall blue gills ??
Thanks in advance.
Im kind of looking forward to some cooler weather fishing and the thought came up of something good to be tying, whats some of y'all's fave flies for late summer/fall blue gills ??
Thanks in advance.
Are you fishing still water or streams?
I have had luck with large, dark parachute patterns in slow streams. I tie them to resemble big wolf spiders. I use over-sized hackles, shiny side up. I also hang nymphs under them. The nymphs exhibit movement in the current (e.g. marabou, rubber legs, etc...).
Regards,
Ed
I think the number I have seen is that 80% of what a fish eats live in the water not on it. Some kind of nymphs, wooly buggers, bream killers, rubber legged dragons are all good year around.
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I always have good luck with Cap Spiders this time of year. I usually paint the bodies black and use stripped rubber legs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzZekzILGRI
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