The Pennell Wet Fly - An Early Season Favorite

March 22, 2019 Panfish On The Fly

The Single Feather Pennell Wet Fly is a year round favorite, but it is particularly effective early in the season.

This season like many in the past it is the fly I am apt to select a Pennell Wet Fly from my box more than any other wet fly or soft hackle. Granted I have a lot of confidence in the pattern because I have been fishing it so long, but it is mostly because it catches fish.

Pennell Wet Flies

March 21, 2016 Panfish On The Fly

Many years ago I stumbled across an old English fly pattern called a Pennell wet fly. It is a standard soft hackle fly with a swept back collar, and tinsel ribbed body and tail.