Small clousers in chartreuse and white are deadly on crappie. Another pattern that works well for me is a small Woolly Bugger with a chartreuse body and white hackle. I have also done well with the Black-Nosed Dace, Crappie Candy, any small minnow patterns. For bluegills, it's hard to beat a cricket pattern on the surface, and sinking spiders, and chromatids for subsurface. They are also very partial to Pheasant Tail and Hare's Ear nymphs in wintertime. My all time best fly for bluegills near the bottom are small sized Gotcha's, in brown and chartreuse. Another of my best topwater patterns are Mini-Crease Flies.
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Mormon Cricket
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Mini Gotcha
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Mini Crease Flies
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