Flies for Bass and Panfish is a book written by Dick Stewart and Farrow Allen. My dog-eared copy has sat on my bookshelf since its printing in 1992. Although most of its pages are dedicated to bass flies, a small section of the book has a selection of classic panfish patterns. One of the first patterns I gleaned off the pages of this book was the Panfish Polecat.
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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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