Hi folks, RW here

Haven't posted in quite awhile, but I still keep up with this website on a regular basis. I can't wade a trout stream anymore but I still keep my hand in the game with panfish from warm water lakes and ponds. My favorite panfish are bluegills and here in upstate New York I have a variety of waters where I can easily fly fish for them. I still enjoy tying flies, especially the old Catskill dry and wet fly patterns I used for trout. I think they most closely simulate the type of bugs that gills feed on. Keeping a mess of gills for a meal is still a treat and a method I use to keep from injuring those I want to release is to alternately tie a barbed and then barbless fly during one of my tying sessions. That way if I"m heading out with the intention of catching a few for a meal I use the barbed fly, and if I plan on releasing everything I use the barbless fly. Works for me. Hope all my old friends on FAOL are having a great fishing season.

Good Luck, RW