Bream, sunfish, shell crackers, perch and other species of pan-fish eat more minnows than anything. There are many different species of minnows and small fish that panfish eat depending on the location and type of water. While it is certainly a lot of fun to catch these little hard fighting fish on the surface on popping bugs and dry flies, it isn’t always an effective method. Often bream and other panfish will take wet flies or flies fished at various depths far better than dry flies or flies fished on the surface. You don’t necessarily need a lot of different patterns or a huge color selection for these flies. We have found these to be very effective in imitating the behavior of minnows.