Posted on January 01 2013
I half seriously mentioned it last week in a T.F.M. post but last night when Mark Yuhina posted this stunning New Years Eve watercolor of a painted face bluegill it further confirmed that 2013 is indeed "The Year of the Bluegill"...at least on my little piece of the internet.
There is perhaps not a more prolific fish that swims in so many of our local waters than the bluegill, are colorfully painted, and typically take a fly with zest. So many first fish memories are connected to the bluegill that I am surprised they aren't held in higher regard.
Oh yeah...and they are pretty damn tasty too.
Mark wrote... "This bluegill is a hybrid, represent "gill" in general, you can see some "shades" of long eared sunfish, bluegill and pumpkinseed sunfish in there. Last year on a trip to Texas, a professor's pond did actually have those mighty hybrids and they are such an amazing fighter...and good to eat too. I think it will represent the millennial gill year well!"
What does "The Year of the Bluegill" mean? Look for more T.F.M. posts of bluegill fly fishing. More bluegill spin fishing (crickets) trips with the children. More bluegill fly patterns. More bluegill dinners? More bluegills bending over a glass fly rod. In short...more bluegill fun.
Are you in?
There is perhaps not a more prolific fish that swims in so many of our local waters than the bluegill, are colorfully painted, and typically take a fly with zest. So many first fish memories are connected to the bluegill that I am surprised they aren't held in higher regard.
Oh yeah...and they are pretty damn tasty too.
Mark wrote... "This bluegill is a hybrid, represent "gill" in general, you can see some "shades" of long eared sunfish, bluegill and pumpkinseed sunfish in there. Last year on a trip to Texas, a professor's pond did actually have those mighty hybrids and they are such an amazing fighter...and good to eat too. I think it will represent the millennial gill year well!"
What does "The Year of the Bluegill" mean? Look for more T.F.M. posts of bluegill fly fishing. More bluegill spin fishing (crickets) trips with the children. More bluegill fly patterns. More bluegill dinners? More bluegills bending over a glass fly rod. In short...more bluegill fun.
Are you in?
