The Panfish archive has been invaluable to me and Rick Z's articles are tops, so..

Mr. Rick,
would you tell us how you approach fishing in a new pond where the bottom contours are unknown , population un-tested, and it mostly looks like a bowl shped depression with no surface structure?

Getting started here without giving up too soon and keeping your confidence up are challenges. There must be some 'searching pattern' flies and techniques that would be initially efficient .

Hope this catches you attention.

Thanks,
Carolina warmwater (farmponds in the clay)... ZZdruid.