Ethan typed:
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I then dusted the crumbs on my hands into the
water, lo-and-behold a whole bunch of nice sized Bluegill appeared
out of the green abyss and nibbled at the cracker crumbs. Hmmmm, that
Ritz looks about the size and color as those Adams in my fly box.
Since my father in-law had just said "You can't catch fish during the
day" I thought well I'm going to tie on an Adams. So I took my Mother
in law's 5' spinning rod and tied that puppy to the end the line, a
few beers in the hot sun makes you do stupid things like this. I
pulled out enough line to get it down on the water and laid it right
on the surface. In a matter of seconds 6 Bluegill appeared in a
circle peering up at the fly as if to worship it. I jiggled it just a
tiny bit and WHAM, one nailed it. I had my first fish on a dry fly.

Welcome, Ethan. Bluegill can be a blast, especially on a light rod. They are
really necessary in the flyfishing realm because you need a fish that will
slam just about anything after getting skunked fishing for trout (I know a
lot about this.) My guess is that you probably could have tied on a
twig and had the same success - they're not particularly picky. 'Love them
bluegill!

Here are some good patterns:
http://gula.org/roffswaps/swap.php?page=BG2003&id=11
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TL,
Tim
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