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 ...

This isn’t the best time of year to catch a bluegill on a dry fly, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try. They may venture into the shallows for a short time on a sunny day, but until the water ...

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 ...

Bream or bluegills are in shallow water spawning throughout much of the First Coast, and great fishing for the tasty panfish is available in almost any pond, lake, creek or river that isn't too salty.

Beneath the overhanging limb, pressed up against a weed bed, the fish swirled and struck and slapped at anything that moved. Getting at them would be difficult but it looked like the rewards would be ...

Do this one thing, and you will increase your catch rate by getting your fly in front of more fish. I've written about this before, but it is worth repeating. If you're not comfortable fishing with a ...