Bream bug (nymph)

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Bream bug (nymph)

Post by DarrellP » Mon Apr 17, 2023 2:34 pm

At the risk of excommunication
BREAM BUG

Black dyed pheasant tail
Abdomen: black embroidery thread
Rib: pearl flashabou
Thorax: black STS trilobal dubbing
Red brass bead
Size 12 scud hook, 6/0 uni thread
White round rubber legs

You can take the boy out of the South, but you can"t get the South out of the boy!
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Re: Bream bug (nymph)

Post by Ron Eagle Elk » Mon Apr 17, 2023 4:57 pm

Nothing wrong with catching a mess of bull gills or slab size crappie on a light rod. That fly will do the trick. One of your own or a borrowed pattern?

Fillets in beer batter, fried to a golden brown, home made slaw, hush puppies and sweet tea is a regal meal. There are some bream ponds around Ft Bragg, NC that I have left a mark on.
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Re: Bream bug (nymph)

Post by DarrellP » Mon Apr 17, 2023 8:52 pm

I sort of made it up from spare parts. Nothing too original.
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Re: Bream bug (nymph)

Post by letumgo » Tue Apr 18, 2023 5:35 am

Heck yeah! That looks like a blast to fish with.

I love the positioning and length of the legs. It looks like they will way around seductively as it drops thru the water.

Thank you for sharing.
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Re: Bream bug (nymph)

Post by hankaye » Tue Apr 18, 2023 11:08 am

DarrellP , Howdy;

Who hasn't fished for Bluegill/panfish :?:

Time Honored phase for development for mankind.
It's how I (sorta), learned to fly cast. IMO, there are most likely
a lot of folks that keep their casting 'skills' sharp while chuckin'
panfish bugs when trouts are not available or off limits.

hank
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Re: Bream bug (nymph)

Post by Mfs686 » Tue Apr 18, 2023 11:43 am

hankaye wrote: Tue Apr 18, 2023 11:08 am DarrellP , Howdy;

Who hasn't fished for Bluegill/panfish :?:

Time Honored phase for development for mankind.
It's how I (sorta), learned to fly cast. IMO, there are most likely
a lot of folks that keep their casting 'skills' sharp while chuckin'
panfish bugs when trouts are not available or off limits.

hank
My girlfriend. I did her a dirty and threw her into the deep end of the pool first time I took her fly fishing. Steelhead in November. Smallmouth the following Spring. She has yet to catch a bluegill. :lol:
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Re: Bream bug (nymph)

Post by nfrechet » Tue Apr 18, 2023 12:27 pm

fly fishing isnt just about trout

i fish for anything that swims
Flytiers sure have a way at making things difficult
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Re: Bream bug (nymph)

Post by ronr » Tue Apr 18, 2023 6:56 pm

First fish I ever caught on a fly rod was a slab blue gill in a private pond in Durham, NC. Seemed anything with rubber legs would do the deed. Only problem was the pond belonged to a Frat brother from Duke, and I had to sneak in because those Dookies didn't want any Tarheel Delta Sigs in their pond. Took me a long time to find my way to Oregon, only 40 something years later.
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Re: Bream bug (nymph)

Post by DOUGSDEN » Tue Apr 18, 2023 10:25 pm

You guys are singing my song with the Bream Bug (DarrellP) and the stories all about! Yes, for many of us, Bluegills are where it started and for jokers like me, the love affair has not ended! Thank you all for sharing your experiences both on the water and in the kitchen! Fantastic!
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Re: Bream bug (nymph)

Post by hankaye » Wed Apr 19, 2023 7:30 am

Mfs686 wrote: Tue Apr 18, 2023 11:43 am
hankaye wrote: Tue Apr 18, 2023 11:08 am DarrellP , Howdy;

Who hasn't fished for Bluegill/panfish :?:

Time Honored phase for development for mankind.
It's how I (sorta), learned to fly cast. IMO, there are most likely
a lot of folks that keep their casting 'skills' sharp while chuckin'
panfish bugs when trouts are not available or off limits.

hank
My girlfriend. I did her a dirty and threw her into the deep end of the pool first time I took her fly fishing. Steelhead in November. Smallmouth the following Spring. She has yet to catch a bluegill. :lol:
Well, time ya corrected that minor flaw in her piscatorial education, eh?
chucklin'

hank
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of consecutive days I've stayed alive." George Carlin
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