Fly fishing is synonymous with trout. When most people think about fly fishing, they conjure images of mountain streams and fish sipping mayflies and caddisflies off the surface. It’s true that the ...

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 ...

One great place to begin is by looking at classic patterns that have stood the test of time and have been catching fish for decades. Many of those flies are on the list below. But you also have to ...

"OK, now you are just showing off!" I said to my fishing buddy Jim Kelso as he landed his fourth bluegill in a row, and to add insult to injury, this time he had a double on. In spite of me having the ...

Para Hopper flies in a tan color. The Para Hopper is a popular dry fly pattern that imitates a grasshopper with a ...

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 ...

August arrives in a heat wave, so fish early or fish late. Not that anglers can’t catch fish midday, but profusely sweating while casting again and again makes one miserable. Fly anglers not wishing ...

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 ...

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 ...