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    Default Good Day With the Fly Rod


    Caught about a dozen bream and crappie yesterday. Went back today with and got about two dozen bream. Kept 5 of them.

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    Those kind of look like Redbreast Sunfish (Longear). You catch those on a dry fly? Looks like a dry fly on the rod hook keeper. Way to go. You are going to love those 100 fish days on the fly rod when they come.
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    I actually didn't catch any on the fly tied on in the pic. The flies I I had the most success on were dry flies, although, they only stayed on top for a few casts. I also caught a few on a wooly bugger, but don't have much success with wet flies.

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    You will catch more fish on subsurface flies even though you will have more fun catching fish on surface flies. :D Spend some time manipulating subsurface flies with your fly line while stripping in line to find out what the fish like. There may be occasions when the fish will key in on only one type of subsurface fly so I can go through many changes sometimes before I find out what fly they like and what kind of action on the fly they like before I get consistent bites.
    Last edited by dixieangler; 04-20-2008 at 08:21 PM.
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    Quote Originally Posted by fly_freebird90 View Post
    Caught about a dozen bream and crappie yesterday. Went back today with and got about two dozen bream. Kept 5 of them.
    What species of fish?
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    I know the two on the far right are bluegill. I have no clue what the other three are really called, I always call them pumpkinseed.

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    Nice report and fish! I agree the 2 on the right are bluegill. The others I think are redbreast sunfish. Pumpkinseeds are more brightly colored and have a red spot on their gill flap.
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    The pond used to have a very high population of what I used to call Redbreast, unfortunatly, I don't catch but one or two a year, I used to catch 5 or 6 each time out. Is it a possible hybridization that has occured and I haven't caught on?

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    Quote Originally Posted by fly_freebird90 View Post
    The pond used to have a very high population of what I used to call Redbreast, unfortunatly, I don't catch but one or two a year, I used to catch 5 or 6 each time out. Is it a possible hybridization that has occured and I haven't caught on?

    I caught several redbreast on my latest outing and they looked a little different:

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    Yeah Steve, that's what I've always called a Redbreast. The ones I catch now have more blue on the head.

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