Iβm 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. 12β up from the fly. Any comments or suggestions will be much appreciated.
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
dwehneman wrote:
Iβm 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. 12β 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.
Can you explain or describe a little more? Dean
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.
Thatβs very helpful! Thanks
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.
You can also use popping bugs using the same size hooks as mentioned before.
I really appreciated all the responses on my fly fishing question. I purchased some small foam black ants. Iβm 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! π
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 !
Thanks. What about line size? Is 6# too heavy? Will I need to downsize to 4 or 2? Thanks in advance. Dean
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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