Bluegill fishing with spinning tackle
May 24, 2021 15:54:39 #
I’m in SW Ohio and would like to try fishing for bluegills using spinning tackle. I thought I would purchase a few dry flies with #10-12 hooks. Attach them to 4# test monofilament. Use small, pegged foam floats, approx. 12” up from the fly. Any comments or suggestions will be much appreciated.
May 24, 2021 16:35:15 #
Well, dwehneman: I don't know a thing about using dry flys for perch. I guess they might work.
I suspect you might have luck with your spinning outfit with some bettle spin-type lures, quite small. I have always considered blue gills as bait!
Just Sayin...RJS
I suspect you might have luck with your spinning outfit with some bettle spin-type lures, quite small. I have always considered blue gills as bait!
Just Sayin...RJS
May 24, 2021 16:36:04 #
May 24, 2021 18:22:26 #
dwehneman wrote:
I’m in SW Ohio and would like to try fishing for bluegills using spinning tackle. I thought I would purchase a few dry flies with #10-12 hooks. Attach them to 4# test monofilament. Use small, pegged foam floats, approx. 12” up from the fly. Any comments or suggestions will be much appreciated.
I often use flies as droppers on other baits for gills and they sometimes outfish the primary baits ( such as mealworms and small jigs )but have never used them alone.
May 24, 2021 18:27:06 #
May 24, 2021 19:36:15 #
Instead of a foam float try using a clear plastic casting bubble. You can put a little water in it to give it a little weight and it will cast much better. Run your line through it and use a bead and a bobber stop and you've got a slip bobber. Move the stop to adjust the depth. Bluegills love spiders - look for a wet fly in a spider pattern.
May 24, 2021 19:40:50 #
May 24, 2021 19:46:54 #
The spider flies are also known as "soft hackles". And there's one called the brim killer, that looks just like a spider. If you can find it. Google it I guess.
May 24, 2021 19:49:58 #
May 26, 2021 23:18:34 #
James McCool
Loc: Wichita Kansas
You can also use popping bugs using the same size hooks as mentioned before.
May 26, 2021 23:22:59 #
May 31, 2021 14:33:49 #
I really appreciated all the responses on my fly fishing question. I purchased some small foam black ants. I’m wondering what is the maximum size monofilament line I have to use so they will float? I use 6# for panfish. Also plan to use a pegged foam float in my rig. Thanks in advance! 😃
Jun 1, 2021 03:13:38 #
Spiritof27 wrote:
The spider flies are also known as "soft hackles". And there's one called the brim killer, that looks just like a spider. If you can find it. Google it I guess.
Other than mail order, the big-name
sporting goods (hunting and fishing) chain stores (BPS/Cabela's/Gander
Mtn./Sportsman's Warehouse)
usually have large trays of all types
of flies in their fly-fishing section !
Jun 1, 2021 09:45:42 #
Thanks. What about line size? Is 6# too heavy? Will I need to downsize to 4 or 2? Thanks in advance. Dean
Jun 1, 2021 15:32:21 #
dwehneman wrote:
Thanks. What about line size? Is 6# too heavy? Will I need to downsize to 4 or 2? Thanks in advance. Dean
You don't need to downsize your
line, but you could add a leader of lesser diameter/line strength !
I use mono almost exclusively - if I were downsizing a leader, I would be using mono for dry fly patterns
because mono floats, and fluoro
for wet flies/nymphs because fluoro doesn't ! If you want to sink a fly
quickly, it just makes sense to use a line that sinks, also !
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