Decisions, decisions. If you’re a fly angler, you have lots to make. Yes, there are plenty of different lures on tackle-shop shelves, but not nearly as many as there are different fly patterns in well ...

The classic way to fish for bluegill/sunfish (hereinafter referred to generically as bluegills) is casting a size 10 or 12, rubber-legged popping bug or spider with a light fly rod and floating line.

It's payback time in North Alabama. Throughout the spawn, bluegills and other panfish harass nesting bass, rushing in to gulp down eggs and fry anytime the parent fish are distracted. But the bass get ...

In June, an angler’s fly box should be filled with flies that will catch trout, panfish and bass. Look for panfish in the shallows finishing up their spawn. Nice-sized fish can be taken at that time.

I wish I had discovered fly fishing when I was a kid. I spent hours collecting grasshoppers and tossing them into Louisiana ponds, bayous and lakes, just to watch mostly bluegill and bass peck them ...

There’s more than one way to catch freshwater bass and panfish on a fly rod. That was evident among the three winners of Mister Flyrod titles, the annual championships that go to the top anglers in ...

Much of the year, a flyrod, like a golf club, is an instrument ill-suited to its designed purpose. This is particularly true around public bass lakes of the south, where it takes some real dedication ...