When the bluegills are on their spawning beds as they are at this time of year, a great way to fish for them is with a flyrod and a rubber spider. Rubber spiders are tiny foam rubber imitations made especially for fishing bluegills. The foam bodies are tied onto a #12 or #14 hook and little rubber band legs are added to make what looks like a water spider. They come in dozens of colors and for my money they all work the same.
When you find a bluegill bed, cast your spider into the area. Male bluegills are guarding the nests and will grab the spider and take it out of the beds. Of course that’s when you set the hook on them.
Catching an 8 inch bluegill on a limber flyrod is great fun and when the fish are concentrated like they are on the beds, you can have a lot of action with them. Do remember that these are the spawning fish for next year so don’t over-fish them.
Dan Bomkamp - Author and Host of the radio show "How's Fishing"
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