Fly Fishing for Bluegill- How I Do It 

If your kinda new, don’t worry about doing like everyone else. You’re enjoying it and catching fish so have fun and just relax and have fun and enjoy it. . It’s good therapy for Dailey stress. Get rid of the crazy guy in your boat or have him behave and be quiet and enjoy the peace of being out there. Just have fun and catch some dinner.

Just wanted to shoot a big thank you for this video, it's great for newbies like myself and my 3 year old. But an extra thank you for the step by step to make your own jig. You got a new subscriber

I like you; some good tidbits, especially the bobber fly fishing. Some suggestions... 1. Don't use disclaimers. 2. Don't read from the script. 3. Get rid of the bug-eyed up close guy. 4. Use some establishing shots, 5. Show, without a constant narrative.

Enjoyed this video, became a subscriber. Down to earth, sensible ideas that we need more of. As a host, you come across as genuine. I hope you don't loose that quality once you become rich and famous.

Keep doing those as they give nice tricks to beginner like myself. I like fishing bluegill and yellow perch as they can be found anywhere. Thank you for sharing.

Love it!! Much appreciation for practical and plain and thoroughly enjoyable fly fishing. Nothing near where I fly fish except Bluegill and small Bass so your video gives me some new things to try.

Stay true to yourself big bro. Thanks for the simplicity. New to the flylife and its content like this that builds confidence. Now I can say its game on lol. Since I've started my mind was already made up to just use floro because all that tipet stuff is just kinda overwhelming geeesh🤦🏾. Anyhow I only wanted to fly fish for crappies and gills but as simple as possible so for that sir I thank you once again🎣. Just found you and just subbed 👍🏽

Sounds good!!

I want to learn to fly fish, so many people ceach so much on flys and nothing else was working. This could help me keep up with my Papa when I am fishing with him.

Great info,but I felt like I was being hypnotized by that flickering reflection of the sun by your feet. 😂.

Bottom line, do you catch fish. I'm self taught also, though I've only maybe 3-4 hours total going after bass, panfish, and the like, concentrating on trout cuz they are tasty to me while the others are not, and it's what I was raised catching. I'm in Oklahoma now, so trout are just too far away. I heven't really had time with working out of town for years. I'm retired now, and next SS check, getting my license and some poppers, etc, and I'm GOING to catch me some bass, and move from there... When I was a kid, and had folks to take me fishing and teach me, fly fishing was reserved for the grown-ups. After I got back to California after the service(1979) I was living ten minutes from a nice little trout stream coming out of the north side of the San Gabriel mountains. So I went and got me Zebco 606 some hooks, split shot, and worms, and did what I knew how to do. It was just too damn easy. I went to K-mart, spent 15 bucks on a glass rod/reel combo with some leaders and CHEAP flies, went to the library and borrowed a couple of books and VHS tapes, and kind of watched them. Left me with the impression it was going to be quite difficult. Roll cast, sky cast, double hauling blah blah blah blah blah. Fancy knots, sinking lines floating lines dries nymphs match the hatch and more blah blah blah. Don't get me wrong, all great stuff to know. Finally decided I just needed to get my ass to the creek. The nail knot and the clinch of course were on the leader packs to follow. Tied my leader on and a very poorly tied #12 Adams and second cast landed an absolutely beautiful 10" wild Rainbow. Spent many months carrying both the spincast and fly rigs, and sticking to where the land was open and easy access to the pools. Even with that, I lost many flies to the brush behind me. By limiting myself to clear-ish areas, I was MAYBE fishing 10% of the creek. That just wasn't acceptable to me. Eventually, I got to where I could lay out 30-40 feet of line in a literal tunnel of trees and brush and be on the water so late the bats would hit my flies mid cast. So dark I was tying on flies blind. And all through it, I caught fish. Don't limit yourself to the "basics". They're great to know and be proficient in, but pay attention to what you are doing. If it works, do it some more. If it doesn't, adapt.

Been fishing for a while but am just now getting into fly fishing. This video is a huge help

Awesome fly fishing video! Keep it up. Liked and subscribed.

For anyone who likes bluegill on ultralight spinning rods pick up a 3 weight fly rod and fish for bluegill they fight hard on light fly rods

Never flyfished. But great tutorial. Easy to understand. Tha ks. Defi ate sub from the UK 🎣🇬🇧

What kind of strike indicator ar you using? I have some 3/4" Thingamabobber strike indicators. Would these work?

great vid! Thanks

Have you had any luck just bank fishing at Tobacco Hills? My husband and I have been a few times but have a boat so can’t hit some of those back coves

Canada likes all fly fishing videos. I use homemade squirrel flies for bluegills

So is the total length of the fluorocarbon 6 ft. or is it six feet to the strike indicator, then an additional 2 ft to the fly? Sorry if that’s a stupid question your video has already given me a lot of insight 🙏🏻

Need to try your set up next time I’m out.

Great video, those were some decent size bluegills. I love to occasionally keep some that size for a few fillets but when I don't, I just count how many I catch and release. By the way, try barbless hooks and they release so much easier......and actually hook better, but it'll be easier to unhook you or your buddy!

I fish wooly buggers that I tied myself on a size 12 nymph hook for bluegill the other day and got some of my first bluegill on the fly rod

I was using that orange slip-on indicator for the first time the other evening on my local lake and 2 times in a row a fish hit the indicator taking it underwater. The second time the fish stay on (on the indicator) for at least 5 seconds. He has nearly pulled it off the line. There is a chance it was a bass but there were so many trout in the area I think thats more likely.

I’ve noticed the greens don’t fight as well as the bluegills and other sunnies

Do you have to set the hook like on a spinning reel?

Use a chernobyl ant instead of the bobber and run a dropper wet fly or a squirmy wormy. The ant will work as a bobber and you will also get fish on top water.

yes

I wish you would do a lot of these Video

So Facility Maintence = Janitor........Strike Indicator = Bobber..........................LOL gues it sounds better on the resume.

I wish you got closer to the mic so we can hear you

I wish I wish apon a fish that I could be as good as him

I wish you had shown how you get that terminal mess out by casting.

Give more info on the flies you use, and a bit more on how you rig your line. Also, leave your friend at the dock. He does nothing for your videos.

You should have your friend operate the motor seeing how he isn’t catching fish.

i am youer biggest fan and chek out AlphaWolfMTD

You mention your fly is 2 ft down from your indicator, but looks like 4-5 ft

The first thing you need is a microphone

put a mic on your shirt hay

Only video I've seen say to dislike

Less talking more fishing

Just be quiet and fish!

you talk tooooo much. TMI

The Missouri part was not obvious. Stop sounding so sorry for making videos.