What was your best bait this year that caught them guills and all?

Spoonminnow, thanks again! The pictures definitely helped. :ThumbsUp

LV, I forgot to include this hybrid that I came up with using the pearl tail of one grub and attaching it to the larger red/laminate grub body:

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This profile shows a thicker body that is better matched to the tail, giving the lure a chunky profile and tail to match.
The whole idea of hybrid plastics is the change in profile, size and action that may make all the difference.

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Originally Posted by Damion Kidd

I second the slider grub. This was my first summer targeting gills and crackers several times. When a buddy told me to cut off a couple rings it was a game changer. Under a float some and also casting and bumping it along bottom.


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Are you using the 1 inch slider grubs or are you cutting off the 1 1/2 size .

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Originally Posted by snakeeater

Same here in Abalama...hard to beat a Dollar Store dog for catching big gills, especially on a 35 degree morning! Last two days they wouldn't touch a nymph under a bobber but slammed the dogs...

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A small chunk of hotdog?

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Originally Posted by DockShootinJack

A small chunk of hotdog?

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Gills love ‘em.

1/4 inch cubes of cheap hotdogs lightly dried in the sun on a number 8 wire hook are just deadly

Gaines Mini Pop. Couldn't post a picture but Gaines is a small company in Gaines Pennsylvania that makes fantastic fly fishing lures. The Minipop is tough and will last for a hundred gills. Ck em out!

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Originally Posted by gillchaser999

One of best gill lure I’ve ever used .
I’ve been recently tying some 1/64th and even some 1/32nds .
I’m going back to tying 1/80th and 1/100 . I think the lighter jigs fall slower and I think they draw more bites .

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Gillchaser, what are you tying in for the tail in that micro bugger?

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Originally Posted by woodyard

Gillchaser, what are you tying in for the tail in that micro bugger?

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Bunny hair cut from a zonker strip .
I also use mallard flank feathers and marabou feathers.

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Originally Posted by gillchaser999

Bunny hair cut from a zonker strip .
I also use mallard flank feathers and marabou feathers.

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Thanks, I tie several wooly buggers, but have not been tying them that small. Fixing to add to the box.