Secrets of Late-Season Panfishing, with Bart Lombardo

The Orvis Fly-Fishing Podcast

James Hathaway

Bass, Fishing, Bonefish, Wilderness, Flyfishing, Trout, How To, Steelhead, Bluegill, Fly, Orvis, Sports, Salmon, Panfish, Education, Rosenbauer

4.8 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2024

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

Panfish are easy to find and catch in the spring and early summer. But later in the season, not so much. Panfish are still around, but we need to look for them in different places and use modified techniques. Bart Lombardo [33:40] is an expert on all things panfish, and he gives us his secrets for finding and catching these delightful fly-rod targets as we approach late summer and fall.

In the Fly Box this week, we have a healthy assortment of tips and questions from listeners, including:

A suggestion from a listener on a way to spot small dry flies if you have trouble seeing them on the water
Do you ever fish under bridges? Is it worth it?
When tying in palmered hackle, what is the point in tying hackles in tip-first?
What is your philosophy for selecting a dry fly when using a dry/dropper rig?
I recently caught some nice fish on the edges of strong whirlpools. Have I been missing something, and what suggestions do you have for fishing this kind of water?
If trout aren't actively feeding in higher water temperatures, what difference does it make if we stop fishing at 68 degrees?
I fish two different streams and the fly size recommendations for each one is different. Why such a discrepancy?
What knots do you suggest for tying a 65-pound fluoro shock tippet to a 20-pound class tippet for pike?
Do you think construction a half mile upstream of a spot has scared all the trout away?
Is it OK to move the fly when you mend? Is it OK to mend when fishing a dry fly?
Should you come in from the top of the eye or from the bottom when tying a knot to your fly?
I am only catching smaller smallmouth bass in a spot. How can I find the bigger ones?

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi and welcome to the Orbis fly fishing podcast this is your host Tom Rosenbauer
0:15.0	and my guest this week is the great Bart Lombardo.
0:19.0	Bart is a good friend and he's kind of my go-to guy for panfish questions.
0:27.0	Bart has kind of devoted his life to fly fishing for panfish.
0:32.0	Not that he doesn't love to fish for for trout and
0:34.7	saltwater species and other things but he's really he's really studied panfish
0:39.7	and loves fishing for panfish and developing flies for panfish.
0:44.0	So one of the questions I want to ask Bart is it's really easy to find
0:49.0	bluegills and pumpkin seeds and rock bass early in the season when they're in shallow and it's spawning.
0:56.0	They're easy to spot, they're easy to take.
0:59.0	And then as the season progresses, they get harder and harder to find and harder to catch.
1:06.4	And I actually, after I recorded this podcast with Bart, a week or so ago, I went fishing for Bluegills and used a lot of the recommendations
1:17.9	that Bart made.
1:18.9	So I can personally vouch for the suggestions that he makes and if you are a fan of Blue Gills or other
1:26.7	panfish and have trouble finding him this time of year, you know, later in the season in the summer and early fall, then I think you're going to pick up some good tips in this podcast because Panfish are so much fun.
1:41.0	But before we talk to Bart, let's do the flybox. Flybox is where you offer some tips or you
1:49.0	ask me questions and I try to answer them or I might reach out to people in my network to try to answer the question.
1:56.0	And so hopefully these tips will be helpful for you and if you have a question for me you can send them to
2:04.6	podcast at orvis.com you can either just put your question your email or you can
2:11.7	attach a voice file from your phone and maybe I'll read it on the air.
2:17.8	So let's start with a voice file this week. And the first one is from Jay from Boston.
2:27.0	I found this is Jay from Boston. I had a couple questions about mending. I've gone out with guides where we're fishing with indicators
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