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Jack Harford’s House Fly is a versatile topwater pattern for panfish and bass!
I have dozens of favorite foam patterns that I tie and fish regularly. One versatile design that rises near the top of that list is Jack Harford’s House Fly. The House Fly is an easy-to-tie pattern that you can modify to imitate a wide range of topwater offerings.
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Dick Talleur’s Pea-Ca-Bou Nymph is an ideal nymph pattern for panfish!
I love fishing classic fly patterns for trout. As is often the case, many of these patterns find their way into my panfish fly boxes. It is no secret that you can catch panfish on just about every trout fly pattern there is, but some seem to perform better than others, especially if you are fishing in a still water environment.
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Blue Lining in the Pine Barrens!
The term Blue Lining usually refers to fishing small, often remote, trout streams for native or wild fish. I had a craving for a little blue lining myself but at the height of "leaf season" here in New Jersey, fishing our small wild trout streams that flow through hardwood forests is an exercise in futility, at least until the leaves are off the trees. That being the case, a different kind of blue lining was in order. I headed to where trees have needles instead of leaves, the Pine Barrens.
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Big panfish cannot resist the Baby Bluegill Streamer!
Every year when spring rolls around, a ritual repeats itself underwater on lakes and ponds everywhere. Big male bluegills emerge from the depths and enter the shallows. They are fish on a mission, and that mission is to build a nest, attract a mate and defend that nest, and it's young to the bitter end.
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Waspi Perfect Popper Kits allow you to easily make great looking poppers!
This morning I tied up a mess of tiny poppers for panfish in anticipation of warmer weather to come. These little poppers are perfect early season offerings when the fish start looking up. I create popper bodies out of a variety of materials, including foam, cork, balsa wood, and hard plastic. All of the materials mentioned are great options for making panfish bugs, but for the tiny poppers, I like hard-bodied foam.
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