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fly fishing for panfish help

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i'm thinking about get fly fishing for panfish only

i wonder what measurment is good for panfish 7'0"? or what

what line weight

what tippet weight

kind of panfish flies any help will be good

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8' is a good length, 3 weight rod/line/leader is fun for panfish!

small topwaters are awesome for panfish, from dry flies to foam spiders.

I use a 7' 3 wt for panfishing. I use the 7' only because in some areas it can really be hard to make casts. My favorite is a black foam spider with white legs.

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thanks for the help

Agree with others - 3 wt, 7' or 9'.  Poppers and small terrestrials are good, but, believe it or not, I have real good luck with black stone fly nymphs - they clobber that one some days.

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olive wooly buggers are also bluegill/small bass magnets.

8' is a good length, 3 weight rod/line/leader is fun for panfish!

small topwaters are awesome for panfish, from dry flies to foam spiders.

Agreed.  If ever want to cast heavier/bulkier flies and get some distance too (for bass) you might consider going up to a 5 weight.  But if you want to use it only for panfish, than a 3 weight is great.

Foam spiders and small poppers can tear up panfish (in the spring especially).

8ft, get a 5 weight because bass often will bite a panfish lure, loseing flies gets expensive

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I use a 7 foot 3 wt. I mostly use foam spiders that i make myself. I have caught quite a few bass on those spiders as well.

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7 or 8 foot three weight, depending on how open the area your fishing will be (7 footer is easier to manage in tighter quarters).  I use 10 lb mono asmy leader and mayber tie in some 6 lb as a tippet.  Past that, as mentioned small poppers, foam spiders, sliders (kinda like a backwards popper), wooly buggers in varying sizes with and without bead heads,rubber legged stone fly nymphs apprximate crawfish larvae.  Take those and you'll be successful anywhere.

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