Panfish Poppers

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Patty Barnes with a 12" Bluegill caught at Barnes Butte Lake.

Weedless Panfish Poppers 
(also very good for Small Mouth Bass)

Can you imagine, some companies actually sell panfish flies that don't have weed guards.  Panfish are ambush fish.  They like to work at close range.  Weed beds provide the densest cover.  And of course weed beds are most fully grown during the warmest part of the year when panfish are most active.  Panfish metabolism is high during the summer months.  They are voracious feeders and easy to catch.... 
 if you can fish right in the weeds.  These Panfish Poppers have very strong weed guards.
Bee Popper Black Popper Green Popper
Bee Diver Black Diver Green Diver
Complete Set

Bee Popper Weedless Panfish Fly
The swamp has its charm with hanging moss and wreaths of mist.  So does a desert lake with Mule Deer and Prairie Falcons amid sage brush and barren basalt.  Panfish waters are common from Central America and Mexico to Southern Canada.  Panfish lakes and ponds are greatly varied in habitat and personality. 

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00560-10 Bee Popper Weedless Panfish Fly 10 3 for $7.95

Black Popper Weedless Panfish Fly
One thing is for sure. Panfish are fascinating to study and they live in some very interesting places.  If you are an angler, there are no bad places where wild game fish live.  This is especially true if the fish are easy to catch.  Panfish are so called because they are about the right size for a frying pan.  Panfish are prolific breeders and voracious feeders.  

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00564-10 Black Popper Weedless Panfish Fly 10 3 for $7.95

Green Popper Weedless Panfish Fly
Panfish can easily over populate some bodies of water to the point that they can completely strip an entire food chain.  Then they become stunted and small.  The best thing for most panfish populations is heavy predation either by anglers or larger fish.  Most panfish are very good to eat.  Panfish are also a lot of fun to catch on light gear. 

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00561-10 Green Popper Weedless Panfish Fly 10 3 for $7.95

Bee Diver Weedless Panfish Fly
Not all fish have to be big or hard to catch to be sporting.  There is a certain charm about fishing for small fis with extremely light gear.  Panfish are most fun when caught on a #2 to #5 weight fly rod. Panfish are very strong for their size and fight tenaciously, but they are not distance runners. The fly reel can be simple. Large arbor is good.

 

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00556-08 Bee Diver Weedless Panfish Fly 8 3 for $7.95

Black Diver Weedless Panfish Fly
No expensive drag is required in the fly reel, nor is there any need for backing behind the fly line.  The biggest single asset that your rod/reel outfit must have is extreme casting accuracy in the 20' to 40' ranges.  One of the best ways to fish for panfish is to watch for feeding activity.  This usually is most apparent during the warmest, brightest periods.  

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00557-08 Black Diver Weedless Panfish Fly 8 3 for $7.95

Green Diver Weedless Panfish Fly
Actively feeding panfish can be splashy.  Target those areas with your weedless panfish fly.  If the action is slower than you like, change flies until you find the one they like the best.  We're betting that one is on this page.  

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00558-08 Green Diver Weedless Panfish Fly 8 3 for $7.95

Complete set of Weedless Panfish Flies
(2) each of the above flies.   (2)Bee Popper, (2)Black Popper, (2)Green Popper, (2)Bee Diver, (2)Black Diver, (2)Green Diver. There are 12 flies in all. Price includes postage.
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PANSET Complete set of Weedless Panfish Flies. 12 flies in all. $31.95

Popper & Nymph drawing by Mark Bachmann.

These little poppers and divers also very well as strike indicators for a suspended nymphs.  Tie a length of leader to the bend of the hook on the popper and then tie a small bead head nymph to the other end.  This two fly rig can be deadly.  

  You do have to pick your spots as this set up has its limitations in dense cover. 
When the weeds are thick the popper fishes best by itself. 

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