Pompano on Fly Rods

Ron Kowalyk recommends sinking lines to help get shrimp and minnow patterns down to the bottom when fishing for these smaller cousins of permit. “The first pompano show in early autumn along the lower Florida Gulf Coast, and we continue to catch them until late spring. We’ve found schools of the fat and sassy ‘yellow bellies’ skipping along the surface on many of the hard-bottom flats and the pothole patches in the bays and passes.” In Florida Sportsman.