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How many of you guys use a fly rod and flies to catch bream? What techniques do you use? I have a pond where last year, bream were always at the pier and just for fun, I took my dad's old fly rod and managed to catch a few but I was just messing around. This year, I would like to try something different. Do you have any suggestions?
I tie my on flies and on the lake back home in southern NC I use to wade aruond the grass, lily pads, and trees. Always did real well. I use a fly rod or bream buster with flies on the rivers too. I have to do that from the boat. Watch out with fly rods if your fishing two in the boat and operating a trolling motor...
up in here michigan I use small rubber spiders when they are on the beds, sometomes if they have been fished over hard add a short 1ft dropper with a very small sinking fly, kind of use the rubber spider as a strike indicator.
it is my favorite way of panfishing.:D
Using a fly rod is great fun. Once you get into fly fishing it's hard to fish any other way. According to the time of year and how aggressive the fish are at the time, I use rubber spiders, poppers, and an assortment of small nymphs (floating and sinking) to catch them. I have also used live crickets on a small wire hook over bedding areas with success.
Nothing like fighting a 1.5 pounder on your fly rod. Really gets the heart to pumping.
I went on a guided fly trip in the NC high country a few years ago and it was a ton of fun. Too bad there are no moving streams like that in my area! I have a flyrod that I assembled last year but used only twice. This year I plan on trying to catch bream with it. I have soo many flies that people have given me over the years that I have never used. It's time to catch some fish on 'em.
Does anyone have photos of the flies that they have been good for bream? Especially big bream!
I know everybody has their favorites. I like to use foam pushers (Dremel bugs) and spongy spiders mostly for my surface Bluegill flies. I use my Dixie Bug, Gill Getters, Jitterbees, Damselfly and Dragonfly nymphs, wet flies, among others for my subsurface Bluegill flies. I like to use scuds mostly for Shellcrackers (Redear Sunfish).
Here are a few links for bream flies:
WWFF
http://www.warmwaterflyfisher.com/ja...s_bluegill.htm
laflyfish.com
http://laflyfish.com/flies/flylist.php
Mark Delaney
http://chemprof.tripod.com/panbass.html
Rick Zieger
http://www.flyanglersonline.com/feat...h/part304.html
http://www.flyanglersonline.com/feat...h/part305.html
McGinty (wetfly)
http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flyt...60500fotw.html
Gurgle-Pop
http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flyt...21503fotw.html
Warmwaterflytyer.com
http://www.warmwaterflytyer.com/patterns.asp
Invicta Flies (old site and new one)
http://www.members.tripod.com/Invictaflies/id165.htm
http://www.invictaflies.us/Panfish%2...or_panfish.htm
Invicta Wet Fly
http://www.members.tripod.com/Invictaflies/id121.htm
There are more but just about any fly that catches trout will catch bream :). I mostly work the edges, docks, and other above and below structure on lakes and canals. One of the best ways I know to catch bream consistently on the fly rod is to match what they eat. Local naturals that you can find along the shorelines or ask about from a local bait and tackle shop, natuals like scuds, dragonfly nymphs, and damselfly nymphs. Best of luck :D.
good stuff. thanks robert.
Whoa! I forgot the scuds :D. Here you go:
Rainy's Beadback Scud
http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flyt...42803fotw.html
Scud
http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flyt...10705fotw.html
Iridescent Flashback Scud
http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flyt...62402fotw.html
Thoughts on scud design
http://www.flyanglersonline.com/feat...es/part61.html
http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flyt...rs/part10.html
Here is my favorite Damselfly nymph, the Marabou Damsel Nymph:
http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flyt...rs/part14.html
yeah, i fly fish for brim. techniques: poppin bugs along banks, over beds. castin weed edges with black chenile spider (sinkin) . slow crawlin a bead head nymph over deep rock piles ('crackers). flippin minature cork, shot and hook with maggots along creek banks. careful: its habit formin!Quote:
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Ya sure get some funny looks when people watch ya cast a fly rod from a boat. I use poppers, crickets, nymphs and small red worms. LOTS OF FUN!
Using the fly rod for gills is the most fun and rewarding fishing there is in my opinion. When teh surface take is on, ITS ON! Unfortunatly, you need to fish with the ultra lights on occasion to better your catch. The old Johnson Beetle Spins are still tough to beat when you need to fish with the ultra lights. All it takes is those first three consecutive warm days in late April or early May here and you better get to the gill hole for the forth day. Man im gettin hungry just talking about it! Lookin forward to this spring.
Rattler
Check out this thread.
http://www.crappie.com/gr8vb3/showthread.php?t=16543
http://www.crappie.com/gr8vb3/showthread.php?t=16545
Bream have small mouths.
If Bream are the main target we tie these same things up on #8 or smaller hooks to accomodate the generally smaller "bite" on a BG.
Bream can be more finicky than trout.
A big bream is harder to entice than a big trout.
Some people enjoy BG fillets far more than trout fillets. :)
....lee s.
Been fly fishing ever since I found my dad's bamboo fly rod many years ago. And fly fishing for bream can be fast and fun.
I fished an a small 1.5 acre pond that had many bluegills. Each spring the Gill would spawn in the same part of the lake. Bluegills on the bed are generally agressive. But at times you need to coax them to biting.
I found the little poppers, the sponge rubber spiders and the red and black Epoxy type ants from Betts were the best baits for gills.
When the mayfly's are hatching that is a good time to fish for gills also with the fly rod. Find a willow tree overhanging the lake and you got a good spot.
It's hard to detect the bite when the fly line sinks too deep. Poppers on the surface are the most fun as you can see the fish with each bite.
The key to catching bream is the use the smaller tippets. 2lb test work best. With the long rod you can use the smaller tippets and let the rod take the pressure off the line. As long as the fish does not get hung up in weeds or brush and you take your time you can land some nice gills.
And every once in a while a big bass will eye your baits and hit hard and take a run.
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Black gnat ,no feather . all you need . Sinking .:twocents
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