I must have over 100 Red-gills from the seventies. I use them all the time although when I use them when I am fishing with BASSMASTER he calls me a cheap slut. I know it but hey I like it! This past two weeks have been decidedly favoring the red-gill. I have all colors in 4 and 6 inch but silver/black or blue/silver are my favs. When we started getting them in 77' they came in little two piece plastic packages with two red-gills to a package then went to one per pack in a clear hard plastic two piece affair.
The oldest ones work the best as they have added finlets along the tail as opposed to later and current ones. I had many nights along the beach over the years ( when fishing was really good) where I had two fish over 30 pounds on at the same time. I only landed this combination of bigger bass twice and can't recall how many times I would land a fish after knowing I had two brutes on and have either the plug or the tease gone. Ripped right apart. My pal Stifftip once went to three one night ahead of a seven inch rebel wind cheater and landed three bass in the 15 pound range on the teasers and nothing on the plug. That was a classic.
If the wind is in your face and the surf high but clean send a 4 ounce dipsey out with a red-gill ahead of it, you will like the results. Also, when the flyfishing is hot and heavy and bass are destroying your nicely tied flies substitute a red-gill for the fly, a four incher weighs no more than most 1/0 tied flies and lasts a lot longer. TTFN!
