Winter, hand tied ,town pond ,gills

Got a chance to sneak off to our town pond after lunch today to try out a couple of rods and try out some new hand tied jigs .
Weather was overcast and 65 degrees when I got home . My phone weather kept telling me it was 58 , but I had to come out of my Crappie.com hoodie . I knew it was warmer .
Fishing was slow as expected, but I managed to fool six gills and got five of them in hand. Actually one was a small shellcracker.
I think the one that came unhooked while bringing it in fought like a nice shellcracker, pulling drag a couple of times before the line went limp .
I actually only fished one jig , a woolybooger jig clone in 1/64oz . It’s my favorite because it usually works .
With my 5’4” St Croix panfish rod and my 5’6” Trout series , with SOS 2# line I was able to get 50-60 feet cast .
I caught a nice bluegill on TS rod , then switched to the Panfish rod to finish out the day . The last two gills I caught using a small weighted float about 20” above the jig with a slow retrieve.

Nice looking catches !

Some nice fish there. Love foolin em with the tiny stuff.

Great fish and pics. Haven't been gettin into the gills lately in Pa.

Some nice catching

Beautiful panfish there, thanks for sharing

I never thought of trying a woolybugger for panfish. It’s been a staple in my fly box for years…I’ll have to give that a go. Thanks for the tip!

Nice catch.


Regards


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Originally Posted by Hatchetjack

I never thought of trying a woolybugger for panfish. It’s been a staple in my fly box for years…I’ll have to give that a go. Thanks for the tip!

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The woolybooger in small sizes , was my favorite and most deadly panfish fly and when I made the switch to micro jigs , it was a no brainer for me .
Can’t handle fly casting like I used to be able to , so I had to find a way to fish my flies on UL spinning.

Some nice gills, and it kept the skunk away.

Really like the Woolybugger jig idea. Congratulations on some nice gills!

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Originally Posted by Hatchetjack

I never thought of trying a woolybugger for panfish. It’s been a staple in my fly box for years…I’ll have to give that a go. Thanks for the tip!

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WBs work very well on pans and just about anything else. Olive for me was always a can’t miss. Actually, I have caught pans on just about every fly I ever tried.
Bob

That wooly booger jig is getting it done

Gotta love these warm winter days! Nice catches.

I visited the town pond for about 1 1/2 hours today .
Temperature has to be a record today. 77 when I got home . Party cloudy too , so I got some sun .
Fished my 5’6” Daiwa Procyon with a Shimano Nasci 500 spooled with 4# original P-Line.
Used my micro woolybooger jigs .
I brought three to hand to be released . Had four get off including one that I couldn’t turn sitting down , that got under the walking bridge and wrapped on a post . Lost my jig , but saved my little 3/4” foam float .
They’re some nice gills swimming around in that little pond now . They get big eating the duck food people buy out of a machine the town installed up at the pond .
Middle one was the largest . Two looked similar. I need to take my fish ruler next trip so I can measure some of these .