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windy day bluegill
Formerly Illinoisgiller before computer crash.
After a lot of scouting ,I found a public lake that I could put the wife on the bank of. We went yesterday afternoon and found the wind at 15-20 out of the south on a North South strip mine. We both had 12' long rods,with hers being Outlaw and mine B&M Sam's Sensitive. The reach of these long rods are a blessing at strip mines even without the wind. Having enough rod length to get the line on the water in a strong side wind really helps. We use different lines. She is using Power pro 8-3 Hi Vis and I am using Cabelas pro line mono Hi Vis 4 lb. test. There was little difference in the bite on the totally different lines. The bite was pretty good considering the hefty chop from the wind. The best results came on a couple red butt jigs I tied. Both had a red hackle wrapped the length of the body but the gills and hook outs destroyed it. We caught a lot of gills but kept 17 and all were within a 1/4" of 8". The temperature was dropping steadily and we left when it got unfun. lol We hit rain on the way home so we timed it just right . Those 17 will make for a nice feast for I, the wife and the nice widow lady across the street . On the way home we seen a broken blade in the windmill area. Looks costly .
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Good looking mess of gills
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Nice gills alright and love the looks of those jigs you were using. Where do you get em?
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Red butt jigs.
Attachment 200608These are some better example of the jigs I tie .They are 1/80 oz on a #8 bronze hook. The tie is simple with a short piece of red yarn at the rear and krenike (sp) chinelle for body. Some I wrap the body with red hackle . Gills seem to like the sparkle of the chennile.
Story- A lot of years ago I was on a trip with a young grandson and stopped at Hazleton Mo. bass pro. There was a real nice guy in the fly fishing section that sat down at a tying kiosk and showed me a legged tie he liked for bluegill . As he worked he said "I'll tie in a tuft of this red yarn for a stub tail--Never pass a chance to add red to the tail of a jig if it can be worked in. " I never forgot that advise.
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nice fish and jigs . totally agree with the red .
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i tie a very similar fly,and it is one of my best
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Yeppers, red tail works great for gills.