Set-up is whatever floats ones boat. A comment though on bluegills. I don't normally chase them but had opportunity this past summer when I was back in Pa on a Pocono pond. I did not have any poppers, so was tossing a mix of nymph patterns (mostly hare's ears). I was picking up a good number of bluegills, but always hooking up on the casting lift, rarely sensing a take.
My sister has a two story boathouse, so I went to the upper deck and made a few casts. The bluegill would race to the fly, stop, hover, and then simply inhale the fly and sit there. The only evidence if any of a take was maybe some slight movement of 1 to 2 inches of leader. Still water trout typically move some line as they cruise and inhale bugs, but those bluegills were really subtle.
The learning portion for me was that I really needed to keep the leader straight and respond to the slightest hint of a fish. Started picking up a lot more fish after that lesson.
Last edited by 1minute; 10/13/15.
