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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.
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Some nice fish there. Love foolin em with the tiny stuff.
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Great fish and pics. Haven't been gettin into the gills lately in Pa.
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Some nice catching
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Beautiful panfish there, thanks for sharing
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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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Nice catch.
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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 .Originally Posted by Hatchetjack
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.
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