bluegill on flies?

CentralJosh

Anyone in Central FL fly fish for bluegill?

acesover

I do.

CentralJosh

Send me a PM I have a few questions if you don't mind

acesover

Done

Pmoconnor89

I'm im southwest Florida but I am a fly rod bluegill junkie... Definitely in my top 3 favorite fish to catch!

CentralJosh

I'm waiting to catch one anyday now everytime I go fishing lol, on my fly rod.

Alex from GA

It's one of my favorite things to do in N GA, which shouldn't be different from FL. Throw a foam spider right on the bank, move it a slight bit and a bluegil will eat it.

TedP

I've had good luck with small black poppers. I fish them like Alex describes. Though in a smaller retention pond you can cast pretty much anywhere. I've tied some very small white gurglers that work well too.

mikev

Alex from GA wrote: »

It's one of my favorite things to do in N GA, which shouldn't be different from FL. Throw a foam spider right on the bank, move it a slight bit and a bluegil will eat it.

Haven't done it in a long time, but this is exactly how I used to do it. And if you can get a slightly sinking spider, you will tear them up. Might also get a bonus Bass too.

acesover

And the fly I was using:

Guitarshredder1

I catch them all the time on poppers and sometimes tiny closures, but mostly on poppers. These things hit flies that are like 1/4 their size.