Bluegill Swap Club For December

[breambuster 0]

The theme for December is "Anything You Want." Any other words, you can tie any bluegill pattern that you want to tie.

1. Breambuster - Swapmeister -

2. Jolly Red - North Country Fly - Received

3. Dreamcaster - Squirrel Nymph - Received

4. Famill00 - Received

5. Homer35805 -

6. Riffleriversteelheadslayer -

7. Fshrmanms - Received

8. Xrayts - Received

9. Gravy Train - Received

10. Vicrider - Received

11. Crackleback - Received

12. Frequent Tyer - Received

[Jolly Red 0]

Am going to do a crawdad pattern. Not sure which one yet.

[Jolly Red 0]

Decided this is not what I want to tie for this swap, will do a "north country" fly. I have been looking over the book "Yorkshire Trout Flies", and think they would make excellant bluegill flies. The exact pattern will depend on the materials I have available, but I am leaning towards the "Starling Bloa" pattern.

[dreamcaster4639 0]

I'm going to tie some squirrel nymphs I just got a whole skin I wanna use.

[vicrider 0]

I have about 4 different sets of flies to go in mail Monday and mine will be in there. A simple beadhead for spring spawners and an older version of the red tag wooly.

[vicrider 0]

Got 'em out today. Trying to beat the Christmas rush tho at our little PO it's never a problem like when we lived in the city and 3 counters had long lines for about all of December.

[FrequentTyer 0]

I tied a set of royal coachman wet flies for December. This is my all time favorite pattern for bluegils, and not because it catches a lot of fish. Back when I first started tying in the days before the internet, I equated flies with trout. I was fishing a warm water lake with...worms...and got a bit bored. A few royal coachman wets had found their way into my tackle box, and just for fun I tied one on with a bobber and some split shot. I couldn't believe how hard the gills hit it! It was a revelation to me and I was soon a warm water fly fisherman. Given the lack of trout water in the area I was living, I honestly believe this pattern and those eager gills are the reason I'm a fly tyer today. I'll get these in the mail this week and I hope you all enjoy.

Happy holidays all!

Mike.

[xrayts 0]

I sent mine this morning. I tied a variation of John Montana's "Hybrid". It's actually a carp fly, but has all the ingredients to be a good bream fly. I suspect this will be a good fly for Redear Sunfish (Shellcrackers), since it vaguely imitates a snail and a worm. BB, Merry Christmas and thanks for hosting.

Tim

[riffleriversteelheadslayer 0]

I am tying a streamer that I use on brook trout but I also use it on gills when they are pushing the shoreline for minnows if you have never seen a shore line push it really is cool to watch a group of big gills push a bunch of minnows right up on the shore just swallowing as many as they can the first time I ever seen it was on my buddy's pond and it looked like the shoreline was boiling from the minnows jumping around

[fshrmanms 0]

mailed a set of glow in the dark pencil poppers this morning. this was one of my hottest bream getters last spring and summer.

[Gravytrain 0]

flys will be in the mornings mail. this months pattern is a little big but when i saw it on the web i had to try it.

 

craig

[Jolly Red 0]

Got mine in the mail this afternoon.

[breambuster 0]

Let me get caught up on the flies that have arrived during the Christmas holidays. We have a very sweet set of Royal Coachman Wets from Frequent Tyer. Thanks, Mike. Very nicely done, indeed! And thanks for the extras! Next we have a great set by Xrayts along with a VERY sweet little gift that I will prize! Thanks, I love it! And Fshrmanms has sent in a set of poppers that must have taken DAYS to complete and that I am sure is going to drive the 'gills NUTS! Thanks, Mark. We are all going to love fishing this one. I know I will!

 

Take care

 

BB

[xrayts 0]

Next we have a great set by xrayts along with a VERY sweet little gift that I will prize! Thanks, I love it!

I'm glad you like it. I'm a Tiger's fan also...Missouri Tigers.

[dreamcaster4639 0]

Going to post office now. Black and pink squirrel tails sz10