[nralover]

After many recommendations from forum members, I purchased a TFO NXT 5/6 weight combo as my starter kit. It seems that everyone thought it was a high quality rig at a beginners price point, so I assumed I couldn't go wrong. Can anyone point me to on online source and recommend some good flies for crappie, bluegill and bass? Thank you all so much for your help, NRA

[BigCliff]

Start out with some size 10 bead head wooly buggers in black and olive. Those will work well for all species mentioned.

[Spysmasher]

Two panfish bug sites to start with: breambugs.com for buggers and anglersmart.com a great site for foam spiders(black works best) Anything with white legs! Crappie feed mostly under the surface. Good luck.

[aroostookbasser]

I'ld add some nymphs like the Pheasant tail and muskrat as well. Then add some rubber legged bugs, spiders and hoppers.

[Frank Whiton]

Hi nralover,

That is a good setup for a beginner. If you find that fly fishing is your thing, you might want to upgrade the line and later a better reel. The line and reel is fine to learn with and you may be satisfied with them for a long time.

For Bluegills and Crappy you need any small fly with rubber legs.

Frank