poppers.......

Tandem shmandem. Get some sneaky pete poppers in any color. I do like yellow though. Gills on nymphs= too many swallowed flies.

For gills I pretty much only use either black or orange poppers if I'm really serious about getting into the fish. I don't fish tandem rigs (prob'ly should) but regarding nymphs I go 10 - 8. Sometimes smaller nymphs outperform these but the time spent disgorging the smaller hooks from the fish just isn't worth it.

If I want to eliminate the smaller gills I go up to a size 6 hook.

My poppers are #10 kink-shanks.

If I go nymph, I'll fish a fly I came up with, in about a 12 or 14, gotta watch the line carefully or they'll be pooping it out by the time you set the hook.

I've also caught them on 2/0 gurglers, so who knows?

foam spiders in black with white legs in size 10 or 12 do the trick for me.

sneaky petes and foam spiders it shall be. gents, i appreciate the help, as always. once again, i seem to be sliding into another evil addiction.

I love to fish giils with the fly rod and probably fish for them more than I do trout. I use a Betts popper in Yellow and drop a Bully Bluegill 18" off the bend.  Deadly especially during the spawn.

gents, i appreciate all the help. as always, thank you.