Your favorite bluegill patteren?

[FisherKid93]

I have posted this before but......there are some new people as i see and i am sure some of u others have walked uppon new patterns so...hit me with them! I am sure some newcomers will be very happy and will look up some of these patterns if they can! If possible just pick ur favorite bluegill pattern and post the name and all that good stuff! man i can't wait for some post I will be glad to get some new patterns on my list!!

thanks,
FisherKid93

[Eight Thumbs]

Fisherkid,

Easy question; gurgle pops in size #12 or size #10 in white, yellow, or chartreuse. I also carry a few in a neutral color such as tan or brown. Good luck! 8T

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[Okie_Noodler]

sure thing, fisherkid.

I've got two favorites, both of which I'd like to think I invented.

The first is a little foam fly whose name I won't mention. It's got eight legs, and is green and black. Here is a photo: [url=http://www.reagleelk.photosite.com/FAOLMarathonTerrestrials/:b7fa3]http://www.reagleelk.photosite.com/FAOLMarathonTerrestrials/[/url:b7fa3]

Second, I like a little size 10 conehead bugger with no hackle. I like them best in olive. When you omit the hackle, and use a conehead, it ends up being a little olive bullet. This fly has probably caught more bluegill for me than I'd like to admit.

[northjerseyflyguy]

size 6-10 poppers and sliders, size 10 woolly buggers with some sparkle to them, and any simple soft hackle under the sun. These are all simple and durable flies which is important when the action is fast. If things slow down, the most effective thing is usually to stick with the same pattern and size that's been working, but switch colors.

This one is my favorite:
[url=http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/ghileman@sbcglobal.net/detail?.dir=96de&.dnm=46efre2.jpg&.src=ph: 273b7]stone variant[/url:273b7]

I call it a stone variant for lack of a better name.

You should also look through some of these pictures of some of our previous bluegill swaps from here on FAOL:
[url=http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/ghileman@sbcglobal.net/album?.dir=96de&.src=ph&store=&prodid=&.do ne=http%3a//pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/ghileman@sbcglobal.net/my_photos:273b7]bluegillswap 2[/url:273b7]

[url=http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/ghileman@sbcglobal.net/album?.dir=98e5&.src=ph&store=&prodid=&.do ne=http%3a//pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/ghileman@sbcglobal.net/my_photos:273b7]bluegillswap 3[/url:273b7]

[url=http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/ghileman@sbcglobal.net/album?.dir=bd3f&.src=ph&store=&prodid=&.do ne=http%3a//pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/ghileman@sbcglobal.net/my_photos:273b7]gotobluegill swap[/url:273b7]

[This message has been edited by ol' blue (edited 20 June 2006).]

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[This message has been edited by RStouff (edited 20 June 2006).]

[Jim Hatch]

Hi Kid,

This time of year, a spider is darned
hard to beat. My favorite is an 8 legged
white widow. Warm regards, Jim

[rrhyne56]

The above are all flies that I'd surely fish with.

In addition, little brown or black patterns (PT nymph, etc. etc.) are great little bluegill flies.

There is some semi-famous quote about 99% of all that fish eat is small, brown and wiggly

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[BigFlatBrook]

Well, I was watching closely when Peter F. posted that he caught 90% of his bluegills and bass last year on a size 8 yellow gurgle-pop.

So, of course, I tied some of those up and headed out. I've had a great time fishing almost exclusively that very fly from my kayak.

Lots of bluegills and I may be forced to put a cooler in the back so I can take 'em back home. About every sixth fish is a LM. I've also discovered that some pretty big bass like those size 8 gurgle-pops. In fact, the biggest LM I've ever caught sucked one of them down last weekend!

Probably not so big for real bass anglers, but big for me -- about 20". So right now, I'm liking those gurgle-pops.

[white43]

Jitterbee, Gill Buster, Peacock Herl Bugger, Soft Hackle, Boa Yarn Leech, Hare n Copper NZ-styled nymph, Gurgle Pop in no particular order. JGW