I have fished locally for bluegill, redear and pumpkinseed (sunfish variants), small and large mouths, mostly in friends farm ponds. Previously I have fished the great north for pike (largest 42inches, twice same trip), the rare lake trout that will come up close enough to the surface to take a fly, and for grayling. Have fished Lake Michigan tributaries for lake run king salmon (largest 42 inches), steelhead and lake run brown trout on their spawning runs or poaching other spawns, none the last year or two. Besides of course the standard freestone or tailwater or small tream trout fishing.

Now is a good time to pound the sunfish as they will be spawning and readily available and eager to bite whilst on there beds. Good time to either parallel shoreline fish or cast from a float tube, rowboat, canoe or kayak (as long as there is no wind). Should be some good fishin'.

Now you got me thinking where I put my smallmout/panfish flybox and whether my 3 or 4 weight rigs need new lines and leaders.