Late winter/early spring can be a frustrating time for the panfish fly fodder. Bluegills and other sunfish are starting to make more frequent forays into shallow water, but cooler water temperatures reduce their need for food and keep them sluggish. To consistently catch fish this time of year you need to fish slow, and you need to fish deep. While panfish anglers in the south may be enjoying the first quality topwater fishing of the year, those of us north of the Mason-Dixon line need to look for our fish below the surface.
Read moreFive Tips for Winter Fly Fishing For Panfish
Even when things are cold and dreary you can still catch fish. Calm sunny days offer your best chance at success.
Nothing cures cabin fever better than putting a good bend in your rod on a winter’s day! These five tips can make that happen!
Read moreCan That Fish See You?
If you can get this close to a fish chances are he knows your there!
Have you ever wondered if the fish you are casting to can see you? A good friend of mine Wendell Ozefovich produced a video some years back that will answer that question for you.
Read moreThe One Feather Wet Fly
A simple but effective pattern tied with a single feather.
This fly could not be any simpler to tie, and the material list could not be shorter. It consists of one feather and of course some tying thread. The tail, body, and hackle all come from a single feather from the body or rump of a pheasant.
Read moreThe Panfish Polecat
The Panfish Polecat a classic panfish pattern!
I first crossed paths with this fly after reading my copy of Flies for Bass and Panfish by Dick Stewart and Farrow Allen. It checked all the boxes for me on what makes an effective bluegill fly.
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