Excerpts from "Seasons of the Sunfish," By Dave and Emily Whitlock To see the complete article, clickhere. Bluegill and their fraternity of sunfish cousins-coppernose, redear, yellowbelly, longear, crappie, green sunfish, common sunfish, warmouth, and rock bass-take well to trout flies and techniques. They are widely distributed, self-proliferating, hardy, strong, beautiful, and aggressive fly eaters.