It is a lot of fun, but I wouldn’t do it anywhere but private ponds or where fish are easy to catch. I feel like I’m at such a disadvantage when I do it. I find it incredible frustrating, and extremely rewarding when everything comes together. Also, if there is something for fly line to get caught on, it does. In the pic below, the fly line was wrapped around tree roots, rocks, chairs and two docks, just trying to get a picture and get the fish back in the water.
I like hoppers, wooly buggers, and streamers. If you throw out a good sized hopper, the small bluegill will leave it, and the bass and big bluegill will get.