For All You Guys Who Tie/pour Bluegill Patterns

[basslover12345]

For all you guys who tie/pour bluegill patterns,

What colors are in bluegill? Can you guys point out different shades, Tints, Glow you see in bluegill both in the water and out of water? color that best resembles how bluegill appear in the water

[Skeeterman225]

Really depends on the color of the water and the depth the fish are at, and whether or not it's sunny or cloudy. I've seen some really dark ones, some really light ones and everything in between. Predominately (in my area) you'd most likely see a dark back (blackish on top) fading to GP quickly with purples hues on the side and some black bars if colored well, fading to pumkin and little orange around gills on belly. Fins and tail would look chart in sunlight IN the water, not out. Mouth area/gill plate, might have a palish blue grey color on it.

Here are some variations I have done:

Sunfish

Raging Gill

Blue Gill

Sick Gill

[Bass Junkie]

Skeeterman225- Those colors a great! I really like the concept behind your Sick Gill color

[loodkop]

I would eat them if I was a bass.

[Bass Junkie]

I would eat them if I was a bass.

They're about to eat my wallet!

[Skeeterman225]

Thanks for the compliments guys. Much appreciated. A fisherman's approval is one of the hardest things to come by....lol I will admit though, those don't hold a candle to some of the cranks I've seen painted on this board. Some really talented people in here.

[Munkin]

Bluegill, panfish, sunfish, whatever you call them vary from region to region so colors will vary. Catch some in your local waters and take a pic for reference. Here in Maryland I have found bluegills to have about 20 different shades of color? Down south they have a purple hue to them but I have not found that around here so I do not include it in my skirt color.

Allen