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Ladybugs !

I got it! The "bite-me bluegill lure". Sorry Eastland, could not resist the dual meaning of that one.

Or maybe "GG's Lady Luck lure"...

Better yet with Bob's permission maybe you could simply call it the "bluegill pond boss".

Whatever name you choose George, color blind or not that is a beautiful lure. Love the wife at all times cause she could make you a rich man.

Deb

Had to sleep on this one but (drumroll please)...

"Lady Glazener's Pond Boss"
or
"Lady Glazener's Pond Bug"
or
"Lady Glazener's Pond Fly"
or
"Lady Glazener's Spinning Pond Fly" (My favorite)

Ok, I'll stop now. (But this sure is fun!)

Hookers-by-George

Double G Git-Er-Dun

Only a couple hours left to enter.

When are you going to announce the winner, George?

Mrs. G's iridescent spin-jig collection.

Theo – Contest over – results will be announced Monday.
Burger – your entry made it in time for consideration.

“The Lady”is troubled by too many ties for 1st place…!

Sounds like you better get busy tying flies!

Maybe 2nd and 3rd place winners could receive 1 free fly if they pay shipping costs?
After the contest is over George you really out to set a price and let us know. Go ahead and book me for a dozen please. Daddy's birthday is Feb. 10th, and I know he would LOVE to get his hands on those little buggers.

BUGS BY GEORGE

burgermeister said:
“Sounds like you better get busy tying flies!”

I’ve been tyin’ flies like crazy for two days – me and my big mouth..

Debra said:
“After the contest is over George you really out to set a price and let us know. Go ahead and book me for a dozen please. Daddy's birthday is Feb. 10th, and I know he would LOVE to get his hands on those little buggers.”


I don’t tie flies for money – only to make friends and to encourage folks to give flyfishing a try on their ponds.
Warning - it’s addictive like any other type of sport – one of everything is never enough.

I will recommend videos for casting instructions and fly tying, and help anyway I can by personal emails.

Flytyng is therapy for me on days that I can’t be on the water.

George

George :

Thanks for starting this post. Please don't send me a fly right now if I am entitled to one as I would like to ask about having you tie me a fly for pay based on your pattern when you have time and your fingers recover. I would like your thoughts and suggestions first on a fly patterned on the first above with a profile where the front (head) of the fly is up and the tail down but the fly stays right below the surface. I am attempting to have it look like a 3in. BG just under the surface with its head up and tail down eating . When the line is striped the head will jerk down, move forward and turn back up toward the surface. Thanks.

A good one for ML; maybe he can catch one of those overstuffed bass around the feeder.

Burger,

Right you are. Those suckers are really getting big now...I'm guessing from observation I've got a couple or more of 8 pounders and they are still growing. One day George's fly will nail one of them I hope.

and that's no BS

[QUOTE]Flyfishing to me is frosting on the cake –QUOTE]

I agree George! I use my fly rod whenever conditions permit. More often than not, I use it when conditions don't permit.

Theo’s - NAME GEORGE's SPINNING FLY COMPETITION! ”

All of the submittals are winners – the BIG winner is the *Lady G’s $-Gill.

Each of you will receive a ”$-Gill” spinster, the Big winner, will receive three bugs.

Your flies are tied - Email your names and addresses and they will be in the mail - maybe not in time for Christmas, but soon.

George and “The Lady”


*(The Lady” made her selection with difficulty, from a “blind” list, prepared without knowledge of submitter’s names.)

ps: The dollar bill symbol flashes through her eyes everytime I bring up “the pond subject

Congrats.! Ewest does it again.

George :

Thanks again for starting this post. I will email you.

BM --Just luck on this one as you can see as Lady G picked it for a reason different from my thoughts on $-Gill. Ahh the female perspective --what a joy to behold.

George -- you can quietly remind Lady G that all the $'s spent on the ponds are nothing when compared to the joy and time the 2 of you have spent enjoying them together.

Theo – where are you?
Email me your address so I can send you TWO pond bugs for thinking up this foolishness – and causing me all this work.

Merry Christmas.
George

God bless you, George.

I will Email tonight barring major catatrophes at home.

George
I realize after re-reading this thread's posts my name submitted may have been inappropriate! I can only hope NO OFFENSE was taken. It was not my intent.

May I also wish you a Merry Christmas and may God bless us all in the new year to come.

al

Al, frankly, I thought your entry was pretty clever.

No offense taken – in fact I thought it clever.

Like I said, all entries are winners – email your mail address and your $-Gill will be in the mail.

Merry Christmas and Best Fishes for 2006
George

George

Would you tell us the "recipe" for tying the Lady $Gills? They are so attractive I might have to start tying flies myself!

Thanks

Frank

Frank, this has been a fun project even if Theo and my big mouth got me into a lot of trouble tying flies non-stop for a couple of days……

As I mentioned before, the $-Gill spin fly is a variation of the Spinster fly that I developed some 10 or 12 years ago for fishing for striped bass on lake Texoma, a border lake between Texas and Oklahoma.

The original “recipe” can be found on Dan Blanton’s website:
http://www.danblanton.com/thespinster.html

The $-Gill is a downsized version of the original spinster, using flash material for a tail instead of feathers, and “goop” applied to the head rather than epoxy.

This pattern can be tied for any size- for any species - fresh or saltwater.
I have tied them as long as 10 inches for Amazon peacock bass.

Other patterns can be found:
http://www.midcurrent.com/spinster.aspx
Keep scrolling until you get to my flies.

I want to point out that this is a rather complicated fly for the beginner.
I am sure ML will agree that starting with a clouser minnow and a wooly bugger for the beginner would be most productive.

These two flies will catch anything in your pond – and you can always add the spinner hardware on the clouser – or any other streamer type pattern.

Some of this stuff sounds complicated but really quite simple when you know a few tricks about materials and handling.

Were I closer I could have you tying in short order.

There’s tons of instructions on the internet that show step by step instructions, and I will be happy to help any if interested.

Hope this helps,
George Glazener