Layne Smith is a fly-tying encyclopedia. Mention just about any fly and "Smitty," as he is known to fly-fishers throughout the bay area, can show you how to tie it. Saltwater, freshwater, warm ...

When I was ten I got my first fly tying kit. I tied flies exclusively for ice fishing panfish. It was not until a couple years later that I took up fishing with a fly rod.

Kara Entrop, MDC conservation educator assistant, will help participants tie flies that can catch trout and warm-water panfish such as bluegill, bass, and crappie.

I tie panfish jigs almost exclusively, but do push the envelope with deer hair and crafthair creations to temp river and stream smallmouth bass in our local waters.

Yocum offers classes on fly casting and leads several fly-fishing trips each year. He also instructs anglers in fly tying -- a part of the fly fishing education that shouldn't be ignored.

Each fly-tying session will build off of the previous one, so attendance for all sessions is encouraged. You don't have to attend the fly-tying sessions to attend the fly fishing class in April.

Learn to tie the living and moving new wet flies including natural flymphs and fuzzy nymphs. They help fishermen catch trout, panfish and bass.

A complete guide to having hours of summer fun slamming jumbo panfish with surface poppers and nymphs. Here's how to fly fish for bluegills.

There are few pleasures in the sport of fishing that can match that of taking trout, bass, bluegill or other fish on a fly of your own creation. On cold winter evenings with a bitter wind rattling ...

The evening workshop will include how-to sessions on tying flies and casting, along with a fly rod and reel, fly-tying kit and instructional booklet to take home.

Flies that look like panfish also will do well in ponds. Poly-Seal and Poly-Wiggle fly-tying material will allow anyone to create near enough replicas of a variety of gamefish and baitfish.