Greg McWilliams's Page

This quest began with Tommy Winton, of Florida. He was posting pictures of MASS QUANTITIES of Blue Gill and Red Ears. The picture that got the ball rolling was his picture titled "86 Gill and Shells". Reading thru the comment found out he had caught them on crickets fished in 12" of water on bottom. One of Tommy's quotes is " If they not hitting CRICKET they are not going to touch anything!"

I am a flyrodder so live bait is not an option and began working on a sinking cricket pattern.

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http://www.suttoncenter.org/eaglecam.html

This is a web site of an eagles nest. Last year The pair raised one young one, out of 3 eggs laid. They are currently working on the nest. The background is Sooner Lake, a cooling lake for an electical power plant which is abou 40 miles from my house. You can go to this site which has 2 cameras pointed at the nest. The eagles bring fish to the young. Some are large it is a lot of f

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This is an invitation to the above SMR. On Apr.30 and May 1, 2010, in Tahlequah, Ok. This is an event put on by the Tulsa Fly Fishing Club and the Tahlequa Fly Fishers. It is an event to promote fishing in the area and bring Fly tyers together for a 2 day event.Some of the featured tyers are the tyers from www.warmwaterflytyer.com, Dave Whitlock, Terry and Roxanne Wilson, They have written books on Blue Gill, Smallmouth, Largemouth, fishing with a fl… Continue

For those of you with fly rods, try fishing on a full moon at the areas you find the gills on nest.
Went last night in kick boat armed with size 8 3X long seal bugger (leach pattern). As soon as the clouds left and the moon lit up the lake, gills and black perch and bass like dark patterned flies. Full moon is on the 7 th. this month. So you have tonight and tommorow. Fished til 1 am.
17 blue gill later and one nice crappie.
Oklahoma can get warm so night fishing is a great option.