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Favorite Spring time Arttificial lure or Fly for catching sunnies.
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02/04/16 07:31 PM
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What is your favorite artificial lure or Fly for catching sunfish?
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Re: Favorite Spring time Arttificial lure or Fly for catching sunnies.
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02/04/16 07:36 PM
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For lures I love the Bluegill Fire Tiger by Rebel. I also love using Rooster Tails (Red/white). For fly rod I love the the Big Yellow May Dun flies and the Badger Hackle Peacock flies. Size 10.
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Re: Favorite Spring time Arttificial lure or Fly for catching sunnies.
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02/04/16 08:00 PM
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banker-always fishing
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Never fly fish so favorite fly is out. As for lures when I do use em which is not that often I love the Little George and the Rooster Tails. For artificial bait I love the Berkley Trout Worms-natural color,and the Gulp Alive products.
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Re: Favorite Spring time Arttificial lure or Fly for catching sunnies.
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02/05/16 06:16 AM
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kjwolvy
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Beetle Spins if it's kinda brushy. Mepps if the waters free of obstructions, though i just bought about thirty single-hook mepps that may be more snag-free. i used to get the smallest i could find but last season i moved up to 1/8th size for everything to keep the dinks from hitting. plus my favorite pond has mainly breen Green sunfish which have larger mouths and can take larger lures.
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Re: Favorite Spring time Arttificial lure or Fly for catching sunnies.
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02/05/16 09:28 AM
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jagg
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Being up here in CO, our Spring dynamics and variables are a bit different since they have an ice cap on ponds and lakes for at least 2-3 months out of the year. You have to learn about bluegill and other panfish movement during the period called "late ice" and "ice out". They move a lot more than I would have thought and it's more complicated than I would have thought. If it's we've had some successive warm days around ice out, I will start with a Rapala Floating Minnow F03. Depending on how they are reacting to the plug, I either fish it as is or customize it with a suspending dot by the belly treble. If it's average or cool around ice out, I like to go with a jig/plastic combo. Tubes with internal jigheads seem to be some of the best options, but I also like solid body tubes, tiny craws, tiny versions of the Ned Rig and tiny Ikas for bigger sunfish or mud flats.
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Re: Favorite Spring time Arttificial lure or Fly for catching sunnies.
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02/11/16 07:05 PM
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Meadowlark
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Favorite fly: #8 Prince Nymph
Favorite Artificial: #8 Prince Nymph (ok maybe a Mepps agulia a distant second)
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Re: Favorite Spring time Arttificial lure or Fly for catching sunnies.
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02/14/16 08:11 AM
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jagg
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You know what's probably the most over looked but super consistent Spring time lure that I will try to fish a lot more this year? The marabou jig.
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Re: Favorite Spring time Arttificial lure or Fly for catching sunnies.
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02/17/16 01:07 PM
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Gitter Done
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I love using spinner baits during the spring. Buzz baits are super good.
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